Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A man's black coat worn for formal daytime occasions and having a long rounded and split tail. Also called swallowtail, swallow-tailed coat.
Wiktionary
- n. A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.
- n. Any coat with similar tails.
WordNet 3.0
- n. formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
Examples
“The infamous photo of Dave posing alongside his posho chums from the Bullingdon Club in an expensive royal blue tailcoat is one of the few clues we have.”
“His jackets echo the shape of a dandy tailcoat, and Mr. Miller's shirts have an unusual cutaway collar reminiscent of a bank teller in a Sergio Leone Western.”
The Wall Street Journal: Menswear's Young Bloods Kick It Old School
“If the formal meeting is at a campo de golfo then I probably don't need my tailcoat or dinner jacket.”
“Then, after this infinitely subtle ruse fails to convince the public, he backtracks and announces that he will wear a tailcoat after all.”
The Guardian: This Week: Donald Trump, David Cameron, Rastamouse
“But for example, I have had a number of occasions to use my suits and ties, though my dinner jacket and tailcoat continue to collect dust.”
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“In one 1959 television special, he appears in an old-fashioned top hat and tailcoat—the very garb that was his cinema signature—but makes a point of telling the audience how much he dislikes it.”
“He had a uniform that he wore to present his credentials: a tailcoat thick with gold braid, a hat with an ostrich feather, and a sword in a scabbard.”
“Whomever originated the tuxedo, its adoption over the tailcoat was considered daring until the Prince of Wales (later Duke of Windsor) – an ardent lover of all things American – made it acceptable for semi-formal evening dress.”
“White tie means tailcoat; evening jacket means black tie, or at least dark tie.”
“One villager complained: "These horrible tailcoat wearing aristocrats just hang around all day waiting for the next general election so they can smash the place up and make life totally unbearable for the rest of us.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tailcoat’.
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Baby, It's Cold Outside!
Do as your mom says and put on a jacket.
frock coat, doublet, reefer, cutaway, morning coat, tailcoat, dinner jacket, smoking jacket, juste-au-corps, jerkin, basque, spencer and 134 more...
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Dressed To Kill
Words ranging from smartly sartorial to embarrassingly ornate.
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