•a black evening tailcoat or dress coat and a pair of matching black trousers with strips of braid down the side seams. · white tie (man's full formal evening dress consisting of the above, white stiff-fronted wing-collar shirt, white bow tie, waist coat and black court shoes) · white tie, evening dress, full evening dress (dress code indicating formal evening dress, full military dress or national costume)
köken: 18th century, from English frock. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz and thus a doublet of Rock. The very open English [ɒ] was substituted with German [ɑ] (as it was then predominantly spoken).