redingote

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Plunging his hand into one of the pockets in his redingote, the waiting cavalier drew out a sealskin case filled with Havana cigars, and, lighting one, began to smoke, while continuing his promenade But at the end of a few moments this palliative, like the first, had exhausted its effect Twenty-five minutes past eight!"

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  1. noun A man's long double-breasted topcoat with full skirt.
  2. noun A woman's full-length unlined coat or dress open down the front to show a dress or underdress.

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  • Stripping off her wet redingote, she flung it over the back of the settle, then laid her gloves by the feeble flames. —  Anthology - My Scandalous Bride
  • Fingering her redingote, he said, "It would seem you've been out tonight Why do you say that It's damp." —  Anthology - My Scandalous Bride
  • And he still couldn't work up one shred of regret After donning her redingote, gloves, and hat, Laura walked to the settle and picked up the diary At that reminder of Ronald and his fate, Leighton's smile faded. —  Anthology - My Scandalous Bride
  • I was amused at his gala dress for royalty: a much-too-big redingote, a white tie tied a good deal to one side, and only one wig. —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875
  • The "redingote" for our riding-coat is at once a more familiar and more modern instance But, after all, the privilege was not always exercised in one direction. —  The Story of Rouen
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  1. French, alteration of English riding coat.

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  1. =Spanish redingote, from French rédingote, a corruption of English riding-coat.
 

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/ˈrɛdɪŋgoʊt/
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