Swallow-tailed Coat (Noun)
Meaning
A man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The formal occasion required him to wear the traditional swallow-tailed coat with white tie.
- He carefully took out his grandfather's old swallow-tailed coat from the storage box to try it on for the evening.
- The black swallow-tailed coat complemented the white shirt and bow tie perfectly for the opera night.
- At the wedding, the groom wore a classic swallow-tailed coat that matched the formal attire of his groomsmen.
- The famous painting depicted a 19th-century nobleman wearing an elegant swallow-tailed coat in a lavish ballroom setting.