coating

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/, [ˈkʰoʊ̯ɾɪŋ]
  • Homophone: coding
• Rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ

coating (plural coatings)

1. A thin outer layer.

   They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.

   • 1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:

     "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.

   • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 48:

     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.

2. (archaic) Cloth for making coats.
3. (law enforcement slang) A telling-off; a reprimand.
   • 1931, The Police Journal, volume 4, page 501:

     The bogey gave him a right coating.

coating

1. present participle and gerund of coat

   We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.

• angio-CT, angioCT, cognati, cotinga, tacoing