coating

noun — 3 senses

coating

noun

UK /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/ · US /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/

1

A thin outer layer.

They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
"Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:

1 more example

You can, if you like, give the completed cork wall a protective coating of sealer, stain, varnish, wax or polish, so you will be able to use liquid cleaners on it.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 48:

2

Archaic Cloth for making coats.

3

Government, Law enforcement Slang A telling-off; a reprimand.

The bogey gave him a right coating.1931, The Police Journal, volume 4, page 501:

Derived terms: biocoating, covert-coating, curtain coating, electrocoating, mouthcoating, multicoating, nanocoating, powder coating, sputter coating

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