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What (who) is tailcoat - definition

COAT WITH THE FRONT OF THE SKIRT CUT AWAY, SO AS TO LEAVE ONLY THE TAILS OR REAR SECTION OF THE SKIRT

Tail coat; Dress coat; Dress-coat; Morning coat; Tail-coat; Morning coats; Morning jacket; Newmarket coat; Newmarket Coat; Claw Hammer Coat; Cutaway coat; Claw-hammer coat; Swallow-tail coat; Cutaway (coat); Swallow-tailed coat

tailcoat

also tail coat (tailcoats)

A tailcoat is a man's coat which is short at the front with long pieces at the back. Tailcoats were popular in the 19th century and are now worn only for very formal occasions, such as weddings.

= tails

N-COUNT

tailcoat

¦ noun a man's formal morning or evening coat, with a long skirt divided at the back into tails and cut away in front.

Tailcoat

A tailcoat is a knee-length coat characterised by a rear section of the skirt, known as the tails, with the front of the skirt cut away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailcoat

Wikipedia

Tailcoat

A tailcoat is a knee-length coat characterised by a rear section of the skirt, known as the tails, with the front of the skirt cut away.

The tailcoat shares its historical origins in clothes cut for convenient horse riding in the Early Modern era. Ever since the 18th century, however, tailcoats evolved into general forms of day and evening formal wear, in parallel to how the lounge suit succeeded the frock coat (19th century) and the justacorps (18th century).

Thus, in 21st-century Western dress codes for men, mainly two types of tailcoats have survived:

Dress coat, an evening wear with a squarely cut away front, worn for formal white tie
Morning coat (or cutaway in American English), a day wear with a gradually tapered front cut away, worn for formal morning dress

In colloquial language without further specification, "tailcoat" typically designates the former, that is the evening (1) dress coat for white tie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailcoat

Examples of use of tailcoat

1. Dancing With The Stars is ready to take America by storm, and Fergie is more than happy to ride in on its tailcoat. ‘The thing I‘d be most excited about is learning the tango,‘ she gushed the other day.

2. In a protest against the suppression of the pictures of him in the Bullingdon, I thought I would myself cram my middle–aged form into the club’s official boozing kit – waistcoat, wing collar, bow tie and tailcoat – and pose as well as I could in the Cameron style.

3. With his sweep of steel–grey hair and a row of medals on his immaculate tailcoat – including his pride and joy, a Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) with Bar for personal services – William Tallon, or "Backstairs Billy" as he was better known, was a familiar figure at the Queen Mother‘s increasingly rare public appearances in her final years.

4. Last month newspapers published a photo of Tory leader David Cameron in a white tie and tailcoat during his own Oxford days, leading to him being labelled a "toff". BBC reporter Michael Crick unearthed the photo of the Prime Minister to show that Mr Cameron is not the only party leader who might prefer to forget some of his youthful foibles and somewhat privileged background.

5. Juggling act: Madonna certainly had her hands full with a bottle of champagne in one and a girl in the other Her fans responded with cheers – thankfully – to which she said: "I thought you might say that." She reprised her spot on her black–and–gold throne, wearing a black satin bodice, satin pants and tailcoat with pink lining, lace–up boots with six–inch heels for the half–hour set.