Meanings
plural morning coats
- often hyphenatedA man's formal coat worn as the principal item in morning dress, it also used for royal ascot and weddings.
Behind him a group of men in starched high collars and black morning-coats and striped trousers stood about in attitudes of stern pensiveness, frowning at their fingernails, or gazing fixedly out of the window.
1993, John Banville, GhostsSynonyms: cutaway
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man's formal coat worn as the principal item in morning dress, it also used for royal ascot and weddings.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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