Unusual Coat Racks

History of the word 'coat'
The Persians, based in what is now Iran, introduced two garments to the history of clothing: trousers and seamed fitted coats.
Coat is one of the earliest clothing category words in English, attested as far back as the early Middle Ages.
An early use of coat in English is coat of mail (chainmail), a tunic-like garment of metal rings, usually knee- or mid-calf length.