1775. in Harper’s Mag. (1883), Sept., 546/1. A blue cloath Coatie.
1830. Campbell, Dict. Mil. Sc., 39 s.v. Clothing, A suit … consisting of a Red Coatee, a pair of … Trousers, and one pair of Boots, is annually supplied to every Soldier in the Infantry.
1837. J. Lang, New S. Wales, II. 125. The members had each to appear at all meetings of the Hunt in a green coatee with silver buttons.
1882. B. Ramsay, Recoll. Mil. Serv., II. xii. 4. I was still wearing the old coatee with epaulets.
