coat

noun

• 1an outer garment with sleeves, worn outdoors and typically extending below the hips:a winter coat [as modifier]:his coat pocket
• a protective outer garment worn indoors:a laboratory coat
• a man’s jacket, especially as worn when hunting or by soldiers.
• a woman’s tailored jacket, worn with a skirt or dress: she wore a pale linen coat and skirt

• 2an animal’s covering of fur or hair: a dog’s coat may become tangled and matted

• 3an outer layer or covering: [with modifier]:the protein coat of the virus
• a single application of paint or similar material on a surface:apply a final top coat of varnish
• a structure, especially a membrane, enclosing or lining an organ.
• the skin or husk of a fruit or seed.
• a layer of a plant bulb.

verb

• provide with a layer or covering of something:her right leg was coated in plaster coat each part with a thin oil (as adjective, in combination -coated)plastic-coated wire
• (of a substance) form a covering to:a film of dust coated the floor