greatcoat

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *grautaz Proto-West Germanic *graut Old English grēat Middle English grete English great Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat English greatcoat From great + coat.

1. A heavy overcoat.

   “The members quietly rose from the board and took their hats from the hat-pins, and the geggee took down his greatcoat, and, with the most satisfied air possible, buttoned it across his breast.”