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Meanings of outer garment in English

A garment worn over other garments.

      Usage of outer garment in English
      1
      This outer garment was often thrown aside when the wearer was working.
      Hebrew Life and Times
      2
      So he arose and cast away his outer garment and came to Jesus.
      Mother Stories from the New Testament / A Book of the Best Stori...
      3
      With infinite precautions he loosened and threw off his outer garment.
      Darkness and Dawn
      4
      All his ministerial state fell from him like an outer garment of the soul.
      Evelina's Garden
      5
      He did not attempt to pick up his outer garment.
      The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
      6
      And she must have started out with some kind of outer garment, given the cold.
      Tell me, pretty maiden
      7
      The outer garment is fitted to the interior man.
      The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
      8
      One came to take the High Queen's outer garment.
      Radiant Shadows
      9
      He dropped his outer garment and ran to the south door, which was very solid.
      Erling the Bold
      10
      The outer garment had a hood which could in bad weather be drawn over the head.
      Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest
      11
      In the evenings, indeed, it was necessary for him to wear an outer garment of fur.
      The Life of Columbus
      12
      Father de Soya set his tunicle in place, the outer garment showing a T-cross in front.
      The Hyperion Cantos
      13
      You had thrown off your outer garment because of the heat, and I saw the necklace.
      The Wanderer's Necklace
      14
      The Princess took off her embroidered outer garment and gave it to him as a keepsake.
      Japanese Fairy Tales
      15
      Should he sell his last outer garment for a few pennies and buy millet for her?
      A Chinese Wonder Book
      16
      All petty officers wear a rating device on the sleeve of the outer garment above the elbow.
      A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
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      Outer garment through the time
      Outer garment across language varieties
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