coat-tail
noun (usually coat-tails)
Each of the flaps formed by the back of a tailcoat.He wears a top hat and coat-tails, and white spats on shoes the color of Alaskan hematite....
- The exotically-titled serjeant at arms - leader of the men who wear black coat-tails and tights, and responsible for security - could well fall on his sword.
- Vettriano has changed the chairs, restyled the diner's hair to reveal more of the nape of her neck and reshaped the men's coat-tails to show the wind licking at them.
Phrases
ride (on) the coattails of