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Recent Examples of frock coatThe 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 His plays, however, can turn stuffy and melodramatic in modern productions: living museum dioramas in which women in long skirts and men in frock coats howl about syphilis and scandal.—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024 For the moderate liberal in his top hat and frock coat, here was a chance to overturn the monarchies that sat so heavily on top of every society and usher in a new regime of virtue and merit, of free trade and fair exchange.—James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for frock coat
Crafted from a wool and polyester medley, the overcoat features a button-front closure, spacious front pockets, a spread collar, and long sleeves with belted cuffs.
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Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Sep. 2025
The space brimmed with mismatched antique sofas, vintage tennis rackets, and a wall display of men’s collared overcoats and baseball caps.
Nowhere was this more evident than at Burberry, where trenches, greatcoats, and rain capes in deep earth tones reasserted the house’s mastery of protection from the elements.
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Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
Tommy’s security guards wear SS-style greatcoats by Sarafina Bush.
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