Lobster-backed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lobster-backed \lobster-backed\ adj. (American History)
     Of or pertaining to British soldiers during the Revolutionary
     War in America; -- so called because of their red coats.
  
     Syn: red-coated.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lobster-backed
       adj : used of British soldiers during the Revolutionary War
             because of their red coats [syn: {red-coated}]