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(Rede-coat,) Re(i)d-co(a)t, n. [e.m.E. read coat(e (1520), red coat.] A soldier wearing a red coat as part of his uniform. Cf. Red(e adj. 4 b (3). — c1650 Spalding II 475.
The Lord of Balcarrass … cam thair with tua regimentis of reid cottis 1679 J. Ure in McCrie Memoirs of W. Veitch (1825) 478.
My Lord Lithgow's son came down … with about 500 of red coats 1688 Lauder Notices Affairs II 859.
Ane reid-coat
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