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English
Etymology
From French surtout.
Pronunciation
Noun
surtout (plural surtouts)
- A man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat.
1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VII, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., , →OCLC, page 109:Yes, I was right: it was Mr. Brocklehurst, buttoned up in a surtout, and looking longer, narrower, and more rigid than ever.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 68, in The History of Pendennis. , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1849–1850, →OCLC:The house had been new painted, and smelt of varnish and turpentine, and a large streak of white paint inflicted itself on the back of the old boy’s fur-collared surtout.
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 41:He was dressed in the suit he'd bought for his mother's funeral, beaver top hat, silk surtout.
- (fortifications) A raised portion of the parapet of a work at the angles, to protect from enfilade fire.
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French
Etymology
From sur + tout.
Pronunciation
Adverb
surtout
- above all
- especially
Derived terms
Noun
surtout m (plural surtouts)
- surtout (overcoat)
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