coat dress
Britishnoun
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a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
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formerly, a dress tailored and styled like a coat
Example Sentences
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The King - standing on the left - is wearing a dark blue and grey tie, while the Queen is wearing a white and beige coat dress.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
The 95-year-old monarch, who has spent much of the pandemic at Windsor Castle, just west of London, wore a bright orange coat dress and matching hat at Thursday’s event.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
The runway look was the more structured of the two, a long-sleeve mixed-fabrication coat dress that nipped in at the waist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
The first model down Keller’s runway wore what appeared to be a midnight blue coat dress with metallic buttons.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2017
I have reserved it clean on purpose; and I think Aunt Sophia had best wear her last new coat dress, with the lace trimming.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
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