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Overcoat (left) and top coat (right) from The Gazette of Fashion, 1872.
Overcoat (left) and top coat (right) from The Gazette of Fashion, 1872.

An overcoat is a long coat worn over other clothing. Overcoats sometimes are mistakenly referred to as topcoats, which are short coats that end at (or more usually now above) the knee. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1176x1536, 1337 KB) Fashion plate: mens winter coats, 1872 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Overcoat 1870s in fashion ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1176x1536, 1337 KB) Fashion plate: mens winter coats, 1872 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Overcoat 1870s in fashion ... Double-breasted coat, 1876 For other meanings than clothing, see Coat (Disambiguation) A coat (a term frequently interchangeable with jacket) is an outer garment worn by both men and women, for warmth or fashion. ...


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The Overcoat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (292 words)
The Overcoat (or 'The Cloak') was a short story written by Nikolai Gogol, first published in the collected volume of his works in 1842.
The overcoat in question, a shinel, is a Russian uniform greatcoat, worn by all people in official service.
This is the story of Akaky Akakievich, an impoverished copy-clerk in St Petersburg's government department, who is given no respect from his colleagues because of his old, worn-away clothes.
Thermally processable imaging element comprising an overcoat layer - Patent 4942115 (3503 words)
Overcoat layers have been useful on the thermally processable imaging elements to prevent undesired marking of the element during processing and hinder or prevent release of volatile components from the element at processing temperatures.
It has been desirable to increase the degree of adhesion of such an overcoat to a imaging layer, particularly an imaging layer that is hydrophobic, to reduce the tendency or prevent the overcoat layer from being removed or being distorted during thermal processing.
Overcoat is easily stripped off the structure A, but not from structure B, even when the overcoat is heavily scored prior to the tape test.
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