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coat

Outer garment for the upper body, worn by any gender for warmth or style

EntityQ152574

Subclass of: outerwear
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1.Stated in Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume
2.Stated in The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion
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A coat is an outer garment for the upper body, worn by a person of any gender for warmth or fashion. Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front, and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, toggles, a belt, or a combination of some of these. Other possible features include collars, shoulder straps, and hoods.

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Unicode character: 🧥
Partially coincident with: overcoat
frock coat
Different from: kaput
Opposite of: slip

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