surtouts
- plural of surtout.
Example Sentences
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The evil spirits she was acquainted with all went about in dress clothes and surtouts.
From The Poor Plutocrats by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
They are furthermore adorned with a small quantity of broad black braid discreetly applied to their tight, long-skirted surtouts.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
We then exchanged our hats for the caps taken from the rebel cavalry, donned the blue surtouts, and set out; Captain Falconer and the guide riding at the head.
From Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. by Stephens, Robert Neilson
The men, and frequently also the boys, wear long dark-blue cloth surtouts, and cloth caps on their heads; so that, at a distance, they look like gentlemen in travelling dress.
From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Pfeiffer, Ida
From the Tenterground emerged a squad of recruits, picturesque in white fatigue dress, against which the mounted officers showed gallant in blue surtouts and scarlet-striped trousers.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
