His coat flared when he stood, and you could see a glint in the darkness.
Skirtlike coats and women's dresses flare in geometric shapes (Cecilio a half circle, Cinna an isosceles triangle, Giunia in a sideboard-size rectangular extension).
Egg-shaped skirts came in dry wools, with a higher waist, and coats were small through the shoulders, with decorative cuffs and flaring skirts.
The coats flare generously from raised waistlines.
His high-necked coat of dark brown wool buttoned up to the neck, and flared at the knee over turned-down boot tops.