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box coat
noun
an outer coat with a straight, unfitted back.
a heavy overcoat worn by coachmen.
box coat
noun
a plain short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders
a heavy overcoat, worn formerly by coachmen
Word History and Origins
Origin of box coat1
Example Sentences
Brown kilted skirt and box coat, brown furs and brown gloves.
In Byron's early days taverns like Randal's were frequented by all the men about town, who considered that to wear bird's-eye handkerchiefs and heavy-caped box coats was the height of manliness and fashion.
In the morning Mr. Logan wore a doeskin box coat with pearl buttons nearly as large as alarm clocks in two rows on it.
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.
His English box coat doesn't fit him any better than any other box would.
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