A close-fitting coat with short tails, chiefly military.
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释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > tail-coat > types of (9) coatee1775 A close-fitting coat with short tails, chiefly military. swallowtail1835 A swallow-tailed coat. colloquial. claw-hammer coat1842 colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). As a modifier, esp. in claw-hammer coat. Designating a tailcoat for formal wear (because of the supposed… swallowtail coat1848 attributive. = swallow-tailed, adj.: as in swallowtail butterfly, swallowtail coat, swallowtail moth, swallowtail pennon; also formerly applied… claw hammer1855 U.S. colloquial. A formal tailcoat; = claw-hammer coat at compounds 1. Now rare. swinger1863 A thing that swings to and fro; †a swing for recreation; a kind of lever; a coat with swinging tails or skirt. See also jimswinger, n. steel pen1873 colloquial. Applied to the ‘swallow-tail’ or evening-dress tail-coat. jimswinger1895 In full, jimswinger coat. A swallow-tailed coat, esp. a frock coat. Newmarket overcoat1960 a longer version of the Newmarket coat, usually made of heavy cloth or homespun, with a velvet collar and cuffs. |
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