DCHP-1 Online
Indian coat Fur Trade, Obs. 
a gaudy garment or outfit of clothing presented to an Indian leader or "captain" (def. 2) as an inducement to trade furs.
See also: captain captain's coat
- 1785 (1954) Should have sent James Folster now had we been able any way to have spared him, he being the only one left to cook for us or the Indians the Armourer being mending the trading guns and the Indians, the Taylor making Indian Coats, and that poor helpless creature Halcrow to mind the gates.
- 1785 (1954) Should have sent James Folster now had we been able any way to have spared him, he being the only one left to cook for us or the Indians the Armourer being mending the trading guns and the Indians, the Taylor making Indian Coats, and that poor helpless creature Halcrow to mind the gates.