dustcoat

dustcoat
A coat worn as protection from dust

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  • dustcoat — dust·coat || dÊŒstkəʊt n. loose long coat or frock; (U.K.) loose housecoat for a woman …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dustcoat — noun another term for duster (in sense 2) …   English new terms dictionary

  • dustcoat — /ˈdʌstkoʊt/ (say dustkoht) noun a long, light overgarment worn to protect clothing from dust. Also, US, duster …  

  • dustcoat — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun chiefly Britain : duster 2 * * * dustˈcoat noun 1. An overall 2. A light overcoat • • • Main Entry: ↑dust …   Useful english dictionary

  • John Crowe Ransom — at Kenyon College in 1941. Photo by Robie Macauley. John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888, Pulaski, Tennessee July 3, 1974, Gambier, Ohio) was an American poet, essayist, magazine editor, and professor …   Wikipedia

  • Dorothy Levitt — on the frontispiece of The Woman and the Car Born 1883[1] Probably Hackn …   Wikipedia

  • Ransom, John Crowe — born April 30, 1888, Pulaski, Tenn., U.S. died July 4, 1974, Gambier, Ohio U.S. poet and critic. Ransom attended and later taught at Vanderbilt University, where he became the leader of the Fugitives, a group of poets who shared a belief in the… …   Universalium

  • Ransom —   [ rænsəm], John Crowe, amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Kritiker, * Pulaski (Tennessee) 30. 4. 1888, ✝ Gambier (Ohio) 3.7. 1974; studierte und lehrte (bis 1937) an der Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee), wo er zu den wichtigsten… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • duster — noun 1》 a cloth for dusting furniture. 2》 (also duster coat or dustcoat) a woman s loose lightweight coat without buttons, of a style originally worn when travelling in an open car.     ↘N. Amer. a short, light housecoat …   English new terms dictionary

  • duster — /ˈdʌstə / (say dustuh) noun 1. someone or something that dusts. 2. a cloth, brush, etc., for removing dust. 3. a felt pad mounted on a wooden block, used in schools for cleaning the blackboard. 4. an apparatus for sprinkling dust or powder on… …  

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