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An 18th-century overcoat
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redingote
Word definitions for redingote in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context now historical English) A long coat or greatcoat for men. (from 18th c.) 2 A women's dress coat or long fitted coat with a flared skirt. (from 19th c.)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The redingote (or redingotte, redingot) is a type of coat that has had several forms over time. The name is derived from a French alteration of the English " riding coat ", an example of reborrowing .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"double-breasted outer coat with long plain skirts," also a similar garment for women, 1793, from French redingote (1725) from English riding coat (c.1500).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Redingote \Red"in*gote\ (r[e^]d"[i^]n*g[=o]t), n. [F., corrupted from E. riding coat.] A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Usage examples of redingote.
As always, he was dressed to the nines, from his smartly cut redingote with its black velvet collar to his gray-and-black-striped trousers.
He wore a long, double breasted, claret-colored redingote that fitted his slim figure to perfection, and his gait was the easy gait of a man who goes through the world careless of its pitfalls.