tailcoat

Noun

Meaning

A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.

Any coat with similar tails.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

suit evening dress swallowtail white tie cutaway dress coat morning coat dress suit

Hypernyms

evening dress formalwear eveningwear evening clothes

Anagrams

coattail

Examples

Whether you like the look or not, that tailcoat is a tough shell, a suit of armour. The posh boy is a hardy species. Laura Wade

Thus it was worn with the standard accompaniments for the evening tailcoat at the time: matching trousers, white or black waistcoat, white bow tie, white detachable wing-collar formal shirt and black formal shoes. Source: Internet

The wearing of shadbelly or other tailcoat jackets is not compulsory in the dressage phase. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tailbone tailboom tailbud tailcoated tailcone tailcord