whitecoat

1 of 2

noun (1)

1

: a very young hair seal and especially a harp seal

2

: the soft pliable white woolly skin of the whitecoat

white coat

2 of 2

noun (2)

: the finishing coat in plastering

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

circa 1792, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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