SWALLOW-TAILED COAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swallow-tailed coat mean? 

• SWALLOW-TAILED COAT (noun)
  The noun SWALLOW-TAILED COAT has 1 sense:

1. a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back

  Familiarity information: SWALLOW-TAILED COAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWALLOW-TAILED COAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

morning coat; swallow-tailed coat; swallowtail

Hypernyms ("swallow-tailed coat" is a kind of...):

jacket (a short coat)

Holonyms ("swallow-tailed coat" is a part of...):

dress suit; full dress; tail coat; tailcoat; tails; white tie; white tie and tails (formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men)

morning dress (formal attire for men during the daytime)