Refers to a heavy outer garment worn over other clothes for warmth or protection. Can be a Western-style overcoat or a traditional cloak-like wrap.
寒いので厚い外套を着て出かけた。
It was cold, so I went out wearing a thick overcoat.
He had a black cloak draped over his shoulders.
外套 is an older, more formal Japanese word for the same heavy winter coat that オーバーコート names with a loanword.
summer overcoat; light jacket
mantle eye
mantle (of an invertebrate)
spring overcoat
raincoat; mackintosh
satellite cell; amphicyte
Standard kanji spelling for overcoat or cloak.
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
From Chinese 外套 (wàitào), meaning outer garment or overcoat.