Tuxedo

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tuxedo \Tux*e"do\, Tuxedo coat \Tux*e"do coat`\, n.
     1. A kind of black jacket for semiformal evening dress made
        without tails, usually of black or dark blue color and
        having satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels; -- so
        named after a fashionable country club at Tuxedo Park, New
        York. [U. S.] --[RHUD]


        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     2. The complete semiformal evening suit, including the tuxedo
        jacket, matching trousers, and black bow tie, and usually
        including a cummerbund; -- the style of shirt worn with
        this suit varies, and the outfit may include a dickey.
        --[RHUD]
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tuxedo
       n : semiformal evening dress for men [syn: {dinner jacket}, {tux},
            {black tie}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Tuxedo
       
           {Cross-platform} distributed
          {transaction monitor} {middleware} marketed by {BEA systems}.
          Tuxedo supports the production of {scalable} {client-server}
          applications and the coordination of {transactions} spanning
          heterogeneous {databases}, {operating systems}, and
          {hardware}.
       
          {BEA Home (http://www.beasys.com/)}.
       
          [Connection with {Novell, Inc.}?]
       
          (2003-01-08)