ducking coat

English

Woman wearing a ducking coat

Noun

ducking coat (plural ducking coats)

1. A short, warmly lined waterproof jacket, made in neutral colors or camouflage.
   • 1896, The Texas Criminal Reports, page 413:

     That he had collected the money on some promissory notes due him, and put it in the pocket of a ducking coat, fastened the pocket with a wire, and when he went to bed, put the coat under his head.

   • 1954, William Peery, Twenty-one Texas Short Stories, page 207:

     The frost got to biting my fingers and toes. But I was plenty warm inside my new ducking coat that had a red blanket lining.

   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 19:

     The satchel had belonged to his grandfather and the blanketlined duckingcoat he wore had been his father's.

   • 1998, J. Frank Dobie, John D. Young, A Vaquero of the Brush Country, page 120:

     Powerless to help, I had to watch both him and my horse drown. My boots, leggins, spurs, six-shooter, and ducking coat seemed to weigh tons.