dress coat

American  

noun

1. tailcoat.

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dress coat British  

noun

1. a man's formal tailcoat with a cutaway skirt

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Other Word Forms

• dress-coated adjective

Etymology

Origin of dress coat

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

From inside the Oval Office, Kennedy’s aides watched the president, in his long dress coat, pace back and forth on the wet grass.

From Literature

I also landed on an outfit: a black dress coat, green turtleneck sweater dress, black leggings and black heeled boots.

From New York Times

For attending Shabbos dinners and banquets hosted by the burial society, I had acquired a secondhand dress coat.

From Literature

He shows me one of his first designs, a black dress coat with a woven gold dragon.

From Los Angeles Times

Dressed in a white dress coat and removing a face mask before testifying, Jane remained on the witness stand for over four hours for the government.

From Seattle Times