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7. A coat card. See below.
[Obs.]

Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were
ranked with coats as long as old master lived.

Massinger.

Coat armor. See under Armor.
-- Coat of arms (Her.), a
translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of
light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th
centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of
the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any
person, taken together. -- Coat card,
a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of
playing cards. "‘I am a coat card indeed.'
‘Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king
nor queen.'" Rowley. -- Coat link, a
pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the
lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a
single-breasted coat. -- Coat of mail,
a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain
mail, under Chain. -- Mast coat
(Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where
it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting
below.


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