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

When Ambassador Joseph Patrick Kennedy showed up at the same court in a tail coat, someone said he looked like "one of the less important waiters."

From Time Magazine Archive

Rosy-cheeked and beaming, in tail coat and striped trousers, "Winnie" waved back.

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