Definition of "livery-coat" [livery-coat]

• A coat forming part of a livery-dress—especially, in modern times, of that of a man servant. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "“Take the livery-coat of that noble prisoner,” said Captain"
• "A lady entered, accompanied by a girl of eighteen, her daughter, and followed by a lackey in a furred livery-coat."
• "A tall old porter used to stand there in a long livery-coat and a cocked-hat; on holidays he appeared in the traditional garb of the Parisian "Suisse," magnificent in silk stockings and a heavily laced coat of dark green, leaning upon his tall mace -- a constant object of wonder to the small boys of the quarter."