tail coat

tail coat

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tailcoat

n1. (Clothing & Fashion) 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 dress2. (Clothing & Fashion) Also called: swallow-tailed coat another name for morning coat

tail′ coat`

or tail′coat`,

n. a man's formal fitted coat, with a pair of tapering skirts behind. Also called tails. [1840–50]

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Noun

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tail coat - formalwear consisting of full evening dress for mendress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tails, white tie and tails, white tieevening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear - attire to wear on formal occasions in the eveningmorning coat, swallowtail, swallow-tailed coat - a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back

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