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matchcoat (iou)



matchcoat noun. obsolete exc. Hist. Orig. matchco (pl. -os). M17.
[Virginia Algonquian matchkore, alt. by popular etym. as if from MATCH noun1, verb1 + COAT noun.]
A kind of mantle formerly worn by American Indians, orig. made of fur skins and later of coarse woollen cloth; the cloth used for this.