frock coat

noun

: a man's knee-length usually double-breasted coat

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Holly Messinger, the textiles conservator at The Arabia Steamboat Museum, carefully laid out the pieces of a frock coat, an 1850’s relic recovered from the bottom of the Missouri River. Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025 At Vuitton, there were frock coats paired with sneakers: part 19th century, part 1967, and somehow utterly forward-looking. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024 The father, in a black frock coat, cracked his whip at a mangy and irritated lion who eventually agreed to jump through a hoop. Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024 The suit itself was a more casual alternative to the frock coat. Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 18 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for frock coat

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of frock coat was in 1818

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“Frock coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frock%20coat. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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frock coat

noun
: a man's long overcoat

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