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

[Doctor X <doctorx@aa.net>]

Thanks.  Helps a lot, actually.  Incidentally, in my Call of Cthulhu campaign,
they're called drenchcoats and they're not nearly as popular.  Time travel and
bad spellers don't mix.

John Goff 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.
>
> I think the term is "slicker."
>
> "Except in cold weather, an old-time cowboy seldom wore an overcoat...But he
> did carry a slicker, which served him as a greatcoat as well as wet-weather
> apparel. Usually yellow...the slicker was a voluminous affair with long
> skirts, and a slit and gores in the back, so that it could cover the whole
> saddle, as well as the man....Early slickers often had no pockets, but later
> there were two side pockets with slit openings so you could reach your pants
> pockets inside, as in modern Army overcoats. Typically, the slicker closed
> with big buttons and a fly front."
>
> --The Look of the Old West by Foster-Harris, Bonanza Books, 1955.
>
> Other coats usually worn during the period wear greatcoats (which were
> fairly similar to the long coats used by the Army), frock coats for
> dress-up, sack coats (similar to single-breasted suit coats of today), waist
> coats (or heavy vest for most purposes), and topcoats (often approaching
> overcoats in size).
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> John
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