3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
Swift.
She was sought by spirits of richest coat.
Shak.
4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
Fruit of all kinds, in coat
Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
Milton.
5. A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.