Definition of "redingote" []

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

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• ""redingote" with three capes which fell over his shoulders, a striped waistcoat, chamois-leather breeches and dark-red morocco short boots with a heart-shaped cleft, and a tassel at the top of the leg; he wore a white muslin neckerchief, a frill, lace cuffs, and two golden English"
• "The "redingote" for our riding-coat is at once a more familiar and more modern instance.]"
• "Beneath the heavy fabric of her redingote, she clearly had a body made for seduction, too, with lush hips and lusher breasts."