DCHP-1 Online

Canadian coat Obs.

• a serviceable hooded greatcoat of blanket cloth, moosehide, or other material, long the standard wear among traders and trappers in the North, who took this warm garment over from the habitants and voyageurs of New France.

  See also: capote (def. 1)  

  • 1795  (1911)  The Canadian coats, with capots and sashes, look very picturesque.
  • 1820  [The Takullies] greatly prefer, and make use of blankets, capots, or Canadian coats, cloth or moose and red deer skin.