coat dress

noun

1. a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
2. formerly, a dress tailored and styled like a coat

Example Sentences

Kate was showcasing a new winter wardrobe, wearing a understated grey coat dress by British high store chain Reiss.

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Kate's a fan of coat dresses and itseems this season will be no different; yesterday she wore a burgundy coat dress by Paule Ka.

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She wore a coat dress by the same designer on a previous engagement earlier this year.

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She looked so naturally chic in her stone-blue Catherine Walker coat dress.

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Mrs. Kissinger also drew raves for her outfit—a green Oscar de la Renta coat dress with double rows of buttons.

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