dust coat

British  

noun

1. US name: duster.  a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding

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Example Sentences

A fine layer of clay dust coats everything in Rebecca Warren’s east London studio, leaving its mark on anyone who enters there.

From The Guardian

Inside the old headquarters, known as Building 1, a substantial layer of dust coats old tube televisions, more recent computer monitors and real leather furniture.

From Seattle Times

The dust coats everything, east and west, uniting the two halves of the city.

From The Guardian

Perhaps the greatest concern is when dust coats solar panels.

From National Geographic

At the docks, the salmon-hued dust coats everything, from the yellow railings atop the cranes to the rims of the fast-moving conveyor belts that hurtle rocks toward the bellies of giant cargo vessels.

From New York Times