tail coat

British  

noun

1. 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

2. Also called: swallow-tailed coat.  another name for morning coat

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Example Sentences

The fiddler, Waddell recalled in one essay, “usually wore a stovepipe hat, a stock of the old style, instead of a cravat, and a spike tail coat with brass buttons.”

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

The riding jacket appeared not just as the “hunting pink” tail coat that ended the show, but also in bright yellow or in tweed with a corset underneath and tight knickers or lace-up-the-back skirts.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2010

In appearance he is a tall, sleek theatrical figure with black hair, a tail coat, and glasses on a broad black ribbon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only continuity is provided by a tail coat which appears in each episode in a hand-me-down career from the shoulders of a rich wastrel to a scarecrow.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-colored velvet.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl