car coat

American  

noun

1. a hip-length overcoat or jacket originally designed to be worn while driving a car.

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Etymology

Origin of car coat

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

And a black car coat has been reimagined with a fluted waist and bell sleeves, a more feminine version of itself.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2022

I had dresses, heels, even a vintage pink car coat I had bought at a thrift store the winter I was pregnant; it was the only coat I could find to button around my waist.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2022

After demolishing some printers and scanners, he donned his signature Bruno Chaussignand half-moon spectacles and a car coat by Clothsurgeon, a label that retrofits vintage sportswear brands like Champion.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2020

At English brand Dunhill, creative director John Ray also embraced corduroy, cutting it into everything from trousers and blazers to a heavyweight, chocolate-brown car coat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2015

He was also wearing his car coat, beige and dingy, with a muff of fur at the collar.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides