Definition of Frock coat

1. Noun. A man's coat having knee-length skirts front and back; worn in the 19th century.

Generic synonyms: Coat
Specialized synonyms: Prince Albert

Definition of Frock coat

1. Noun. A long double-breasted coat with long skirts, worn by men, now only on formal occasions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frock Coat

frizzled
frizzler
frizzlers
frizzles
frizzlier
frizzliest
frizzling
frizzly
frizzy
fro
frob
frobbed
frobbing
frobs
frock
frock coat (current term)
frock coats
frockcoat
frocked
frocking
frockings
frockless
frocks
froe
froes
frog
frog's-bit
frog's-bit family
frog's lettuce
frog-leg lateral projection

Literary usage of Frock coat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"The uniform shall he : Black frock coat, dark gray pantaloons, and black felt hat, with the Union cockade. C. Each man will furnish his own arms, ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"Take Cook's Travelling Coupons, but. unless you wish to be included in the category of the "Gentlemen" of Cook's Compiler, who take a frock coat for ..."

3. In the Amazon Jungle: Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River by Algot Lange, Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1912)
"... impressiveness of a frock-coat. which I produced at the end of a long search among my baggage and proceeded to don after extracting a tarantula and some ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"The frock-coat i> nothing more than the ancient tunic opened in front, ... to have any degree of freedom and looseness about them, the frock-coat is the ..."

5. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"See him in the elegant frock-coat of some of his photographs and he looks much ... A black frock-coat will add seven or ten years to a man's age so far as ..."

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