TAIL COAT.


Meaning of TAIL COAT. in English

a man's fitted coat, cut away over the hips and descending in a pair of tapering skirts behind, usually black and worn as part of full evening dress.

Also, tailcoat . Also called tails, dress coat, swallow-tailed coat .

[ 1840-50 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .