different between overcoat vs melton

English

Etymology

over- +? coat

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v?k??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?v?ko?t/
• Hyphenation: over?coat

Noun

overcoat (plural overcoats)

1. A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.

Translations

See also

• balmacaan
• raglan

Verb

overcoat (third-person singular simple present overcoats, present participle overcoating, simple past and past participle overcoated)

1. (transitive) To apply an exterior coating to.
   • 2004, James A. Harrington, Infrared Fibers and Their Applications (page 128)

     One method is to overcoat the fiber with Teflon AF, an amorphous Teflon that transmits over most of sapphire fiber's transmission range.

Anagrams

• evocator

English

Etymology

From Melton Mowbray, where this material was made.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?lt(?)n/

Noun

melton (countable and uncountable, plural meltons)

1. A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.
   • 1914, Saki, ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts:

     ‘Two of the boys are wearing your Melton overcoat; I hope you don't mind.’

   • 2002, Skiing Heritage Journal (volume 14, number 4, page 31)

     Skiwear has moved swiftly away from wool — and cotton — into a brave new world of chemistry. […] Wool pants or knickers, usually of melton — a thick, tightly woven, smooth fabric — were good for shedding snow.

Anagrams

• loment, molten, tolmen