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

Queen Elizabeth wore fawn, King George the tight tail coat of an Admiral of the Fleet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each member owns an elaborate Napoleonic costume, of tail coat, knee breeches, white-plumed cocked hat and sword.

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