tailcoated

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English

Etymology

tailcoat +‎ -ed

Adjective

tailcoated (not comparable)

  1. Dressed in a tailcoat.
    • 2008 June 1, Nicholson Baker, “Sex and the City (Circa 1840)”, in New York Times[1]:
      Accompanying the article was a drawing: a chambermaid gripped the long wooden handle of a warming pan that projected rudely from between a tailcoated gentleman’s legs.