redingote

Noun

redingote (plural redingotes)

1. (historical) A long coat or greatcoat for men.
   • In the corner of certain drawing are to be seen Adam himself and his French assistant, Clérisseau, sketching away in their dashing tricornes and redingotes, very much as one might imagine the two young men in Così fan tutte.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 140
   • I came upon a darkly looming building, from the dungeon-like basement of which there emerged a caretaker called Bartoloměj Smečka, a veteran, it seemed, of long-lost campaigns, clad in a crumpled redingote and a flowered fancy waistcoat with a gold watch-chain draped over it […]2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 199
2. A women's dress coat or long fitted coat with a flared skirt.
   • Mrs. Hobby, dressed in a brown and white silk redingote, blinked back tears as the President recalled their first meeting in London in 1942, when Oveta was commander of the WAAC (later the WAC).1955 March 25, ‘Farewell with Fanfare’, Time