An Indian mantle.
1642. 2 rackoone matchcos.—‘Archives of Maryland’ (1887), iv. 94. (N.E.D.)
1661. He paying … for the use of those Indians thirty Matchcoats of two yards a peice.—‘Statutes of Virginia’ (1823), ii. 36. (N.E.D.)
1705. Seldom any but the Elder people wore the Winter Cloaks (which they call Match-coats).—Beverley, ‘Virginia,’ iii. 5.
1778. He also took a matchcoat blanket.—Runaway advt., Maryland Journal, Dec. 22.
1787. Two guns, 32 brass kettles, and 87 large packs, containing blankets, match coats, boots … &c.—‘Indian depredations in Georgia,’ American Museum, ii. 582/1.
