cutaway
1
8.8
- noun
- /ˈkʌtəˌweɪ/
- UK
:
chaqueta de cola
- The Groundhog Club officials in top hats, striped trousers, and cutaway coats parade out to the burrow that houses Punxsutawney Phil.
- cutaway coat
- a black cutaway
- cutaway jacket
Examples
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Buster Greene, dressed up in his top hat and cutaway coat, walks onto the mound and hushes the crowd.
Fiction book (1993) -
He had probably worn a cutaway in the great hall of some provincial department store and kept an eye on the decorum of the salesladies.
Fiction book (1995) -
Dom Nicolau, stiff in his cutaway, stood up as well.
Fiction book (1995) -
A tuxedo and tails, and if you aren't careful, you'll get a cutaway.
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Oliver ordered a black cutaway coat with striped trousers, a gray waistcoat, a wing-collared white shirt, and a striped ascot.
Fiction book (1998) -
Apart from his exquisitely tailored black cutaway coat, his attire was casual by Sabbath standards: tight-fitting beige pantaloons and hessians.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's fifteen degrees outside as Mr. Boniface—aka The Penguin—waddles forth from the prison gates, regally attired in cutaway and pinstripes.
Fiction book (1992) -
The groom looked dapper in a traditionally tailored cutaway for the morning ceremony.
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During the wedding, the best man wore a classic black cutaway with a matching waistcoat.
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For the formal event, he chose a stylish cutaway coat that complemented his elegant outfit.
Synonyms
1
8.5
A man's formal jacket with long tails and a front cut away worn for daytime events
A formal men's jacket with a cut-away front and two long tails worn for evening events
Compounds
- Specialized
A picture or model that shows the inside of something by removing part of its outside
- Specialized
A model that shows the inside of something by removing part of the outside
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cutaway is the name for a formal coat and comes from the simple English words cut and away, which mean 'cut' and 'away'. The coat's front is 'cut away' so the tails at the back show, so the name describes the coat's shape.