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[[File:BlackWatch Jacket (Borodino Battlefield Museum).jpg|thumb|right|A [[British Army]] coatee from about 1815.]]
[[File:BlackWatch Jacket (Borodino Battlefield Museum).jpg|thumb|right|A [[British Army]] coatee from about 1815.]]
A '''coatee''' was a type of tight fitting uniform [[coat (clothing)|coat]] or [[jacket]], which was waist length at the front and had short tails behind. The coatee began to replace the long [[tail coat]] in western armies at the end of the eighteenth century, but was itself superseded by the [[Tunic (military)|tunic]] in the mid nineteenth century.<ref>Kannik, Preben (1968), ''Military Uniforms of the World in Colour'', Blandford Press Ltd, {{ISBN|0-71370482-9}} (p. 270)</ref>
A '''coatee''' was a type of tight fitting uniform [[coat (clothing)|coat]] or [[jacket]], which was waist length at the front and had short tails behind. The coatee began to replace the long [[tail coat]] in western armies at the end of the eighteenth century, such as in the War of 1812<ref>https://jefpat.maryland.gov/Pages/mac-lab/curators-choice/2020-curators-choice/jacob-huyett-cavalry-helmet.aspx</ref>, but was itself superseded by the [[Tunic (military)|tunic]] in the mid nineteenth century.<ref>Kannik, Preben (1968), ''Military Uniforms of the World in Colour'', Blandford Press Ltd, {{ISBN|0-71370482-9}} (p. 270)</ref>


A coatee, worn with a [[waistcoat]] or vest, remains part of formal [[Highland dress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scottishwedding.visitscotland.com/doctor/GroomsWear |title=Month Four: Deciding Groomswear |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=scottishwedding.visitscotland.com |publisher=VisitScotland |accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref>
A coatee, worn with a [[waistcoat]] or vest, remains part of formal [[Highland dress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scottishwedding.visitscotland.com/doctor/GroomsWear |title=Month Four: Deciding Groomswear |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=scottishwedding.visitscotland.com |publisher=VisitScotland |accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref>

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A British Army coatee from about 1815.

A coatee was a type of tight fitting uniform coat or jacket, which was waist length at the front and had short tails behind. The coatee began to replace the long tail coat in western armies at the end of the eighteenth century, such as in the War of 1812[1], but was itself superseded by the tunic in the mid nineteenth century.[2]

A coatee, worn with a waistcoat or vest, remains part of formal Highland dress.[3]

References

  1. ^ https://jefpat.maryland.gov/Pages/mac-lab/curators-choice/2020-curators-choice/jacob-huyett-cavalry-helmet.aspx
  2. ^ Kannik, Preben (1968), Military Uniforms of the World in Colour, Blandford Press Ltd, ISBN 0-71370482-9 (p. 270)
  3. ^ "Month Four: Deciding Groomswear". scottishwedding.visitscotland.com. VisitScotland. Retrieved 1 March 2014.