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

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car coat

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

Wandering further, I zeroed in on a lavender astrakhan car coat hanging next to faded jeans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2016

“That look right there,” he said, pointing to a model clad in a nubbly gray car coat, blue trousers, blue patterned scarf and white sweater, “was inspired by a photograph I have of Montgomery Clift.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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