redingote

[ red-ing-goht ]

/ ˈrɛd ɪŋˌgoʊt /

a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.

a coatdress with a contrasting gore in front.

a long, double-breasted overcoat worn by men in the 18th century.

Origin of redingote

1825–35; < French < English riding coat

The redingote or polonaise is very stylish and pretty, especially for a tall, rather slight person.

Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. |Various
Beside her chair she placed a redingote of his and sewing-material.

In the Name of Liberty |Owen Johnson
I have met an excellent French and English scholar, to whom it was quite a surprise to learn that redingote was riding-coat.

English Past and Present |Richard Chevenix Trench
Then he hurriedly donned a redingote and appeared, flurried and distressed.

The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 |Lillie DeHegermann-Lindencrone

The "redingote" for our riding-coat is at once a more familiar and more modern instance.

The Story of Rouen |Sir Theodore Andrea Cook

redingote

/ (ˈrɛdɪŋˌɡəʊt) /

a woman's coat with a close-fitting top and a full skirt

a man's or woman's full-skirted outer coat of the 18th and 19th centuries

a woman's light dress or coat of the 18th century, with an open-fronted skirt, revealing a decorative underskirt

C19: from French, from English riding coat