Re: [DL] Sure someone's gotta know this.

[Phil <pames@mmind.net>]

At 10:49 AM 9/30/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Bit of lost history I'm trying to get right for my campaign.  What did
>they call trenchcoats prior to their being worn in the trenches in the
>Great War.  (From whence the name derives.)
>I've used the term "Saville Row Longcoat," but that seems a bit wordy.
>
>

Dusters, maybe? Or greatcoats. Or sometimes Railroad coats, as a lot of
train guards wore long dusters.

Phil