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A frock coat is a men's Coat characterized by knee-length skirts all around, in contrast to Tail Coat s and Cutaways . Frock coats emerged in the later Eighteenth Century as country clothing, from the traditional working-class coat called a Frock , and became fashionable for dress and streetwear in the first half of the Nineteenth Century . Some styles of frock coat have a seam at the waist. Frock coats usually button only to the waist, and may be decorated with a pair of buttons at the back waist. The term derives from ''frock'', an ancient word for a loose outer garment, which is also the source of modern ''frock'' for a priest's robe or a woman's Dress . MILITARY WEAR The cut of a frock coat with a waist seam flatters a man's figure, as opposed to a Sack Coat , and such frock coats remain part of some Twentieth Century Military Uniform s. They can either be Single-breasted as in army uniforms, or Double-breasted as in navy uniforms. FORMAL AND WESTERN WEAR Frock coats (usually with matching trousers) are occasionally worn as Formal Wear , especially for Wedding s. Frock coats are also worn as a formal coat with Western Wear . ORTHODOX JEWISH YESHIVAH WORLD In the Lithuanian Yeshiva h world, many prominent figures wear a black frock (and either a Hamburg Hat or Fedora Hat ) as formal wear. Such garb is reserved for a Rosh Yeshiva , Mashgiach , or special Maggid Shiur . Many Hassidim , particularly Lubavitch er Hassidim, also wear a frock. In Yiddish, a frock is also known as a ''kapota''. REFERENCES
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