box coat

American  

noun

1. an outer coat with a straight, unfitted back.

2. a heavy overcoat worn by coachmen.

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box coat British  

noun

1. a plain short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders

2. a heavy overcoat, worn formerly by coachmen

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Etymology

Origin of box coat

First recorded in 1815–25

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Example Sentences

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box coat

He was wrapped in an old box coat, part of which had slipped from his shoulder in such a way as to uncover the gold-laced cloak of King Dagobert.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola

His English box coat doesn't fit him any better than any other box would.

From Europe Revised by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

"Here waiter! waiter!" with an affectedly delicate and foreign voice, cried one of these youths, enveloped in a brown "Petersham box" coat, and with his hands stuck into his pockets over his hips.

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers

Father Simon, the coachman, with head bowed and back bent in the pouring rain, was completely covered by his box coat with its triple cape.

From Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant

Mr. Seaton showed us a stout box coat charged ten guineas which was pronounced very cheap, though I cannot but suppose the same might be had at Bolton for £6.

From A Journey to America in 1834 by Robert Heywood

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