Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wearing a heavy coat: Describes a person or animal that is dressed in a thick, substantial outer garment, typically for warmth in cold weather.
   • Having a thick covering: Can describe an animal with a dense, heavy layer of fur or hair.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The heavy-coated man waited patiently in the snow. (The man wearing a thick coat waited patiently in the snow.)
  • Heavy-coated Saint Bernard dogs are well-suited for alpine rescues. (Saint Bernard dogs with thick fur are well-suited for alpine rescues.)
  • The reference describes heavy-coated policemen on horseback. (The reference describes policemen wearing heavy coats on horseback.)

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Compound: The term is primarily used as a compound adjective directly before a noun to describe its appearance.
  • We saw a heavy-coated figure approaching through the blizzard. (We saw a figure wearing a heavy coat approaching through the blizzard.)

Variants and Related Words

• Heavy coat (noun phrase): The garment itself.
  • He put on his heavy coat before going outside.
• Thick-coated (adjective): A near-synonym, often used interchangeably, especially for animals.
  • The thick-coated wolf endured the Arctic winter.

Synonyms

• Bundled up: Wearing many layers of warm clothing.
• Thick-furred: Having dense fur (specifically for animals).

Notes on Usage

• "Heavy-coated" is a hyphenated compound adjective. It is typically not used after a linking verb (e.g., "The policeman was heavy-coated" is less common). The preferred structure is before the noun it modifies (e.g., "a heavy-coated policeman").
• The term is somewhat literary or descriptive. In everyday speech, one might simply say "wearing a heavy coat" or "bundled up."

Adjective

1. wearing a heavy coat
   • heavy-coated policemen astride noble horses