"Council of Four he wore a square-tailed coat of very good, thick black broadcloth, and on his hands, which were never uncovered, gray suede gloves; his boots were of thick black leather, very good, but of a country style, and sometimes fastened in front, curiously, by a buckle instead of laces."
"At another time the creatures may be of a large cockshafer sort, or a dreadful square-tailed thing that is especially ominous."
"He wears drab breeches and gaiters, and a respectable square-tailed ancient black coat."