tail coat

Questions about tail coat

What does tail coat mean?

tail coat means "formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men".

What is another word for tail coat?

Close synonyms include dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tails, white tie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tail coat a common word?

tail coat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.