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Definition of Coat tree
1. Noun. An upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing.
Definition of Coat tree
1. Noun. (American English) An upright pole having hooks on which to hang coats or other clothing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coat Tree
Literary usage of Coat tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public School Methods (1921)
"coat tree. The coat tree forms a very useful project which can be worked out by
any grammar grade boy who knows how to measure, saw, plane, and nail. ..."
2. Specimens of English Prose Style: From Malory to Macaulay by George Saintsbury (1885)
"It is a natural umbrella, and is of as eminent service in that country as a
great-coat tree would be in this. A leaf of the talipot tree is a tent to the ..."
3. The Works of Sydney Smith by Sydney Smith (1844)
"... -coat tree would he in this. A leaf of the talipot tree isa tent to the soldier,
a parasol to the traveller, and a book to the scholar. ..."
4. Specimens of English Prose Style from Malory to Macaulay by George Saintsbury (1886)
"It is a natural umbrella, and is of as eminent service in that country as a
great-coat tree would be in this. A leaf of the talipot tree is a tent to the ..."
5. The Modern British Essayists (1852)
"It is a natural umbrella, and is of as eminent service in that country as a
great-coat tree would be in this. A leaf of the talipot tree is a tent to the ..."
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