tailcoat
or tail coat
a fitted coat, typically worn by a man, cut away over the hips and descending in a pair of tapering skirts behind, usually black and worn as part of full evening dress.
Origin of tailcoat
1- Also called tails, dress coat, swallowtail, swallow-tailed coat.
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How to use tailcoat in a sentence
Next evening, after a warm and busy day at the office, I put on my top-hat and tail-coat and went out.
Once a Week | Alan Alexander MilneThere is not a salesman in any shop on Piccadilly who does not, in the season, wear a long-tail coat.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I | Burton J. HendrickVolodya came dressed correctly for calling, in a swallow-tail coat and white tie.
The Darling and Other Stories | Anton ChekhovYou' daddy sut'ny mus' 'a' weakened 'way down 'fo' he let you wear his low-cut ves' an' pants an' long-tail coat!
Seventeen | Booth TarkingtonLook at them clothes he wears, black tail-coat and white shirt and stand-up collar and all.
Galusha the Magnificent | Joseph C. Lincoln
British Dictionary definitions for tail coat
Also called: tails a man's black coat having a horizontal cut over the hips and a tapering tail with a vertical slit up to the waist: worn as part of full evening dress
Also called: swallow-tailed coat another name for morning coat
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