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red·in·gote

(rĕd′ĭng-gōt′)

1. A man's long double-breasted topcoat with full skirt.

2. A woman's full-length unlined coat or dress open down the front to show a dress or underdress.

[French, alteration of English riding coat.]

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redingote

(ˈrɛdɪŋˌɡəʊt)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's coat with a close-fitting top and a full skirt

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a man's or woman's full-skirted outer coat of the 18th and 19th centuries

3. (Clothing & Fashion) 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]

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red•in•gote

(ˈrɛd ɪŋˌgoʊt)

n.

1. a dress or lightweight coat, usu. belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn under it.

2. a coatdress with a contrasting gore in front.

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

[1825–35; < French < E riding coat]

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Le manque de ce symbole de l'autorite, de ce garant de l'ordre, hante Felicite et suscite chez elle une apprehension, "une sorte de tremblement que lui causaient'le genre de la maison' et le souvenir de 'Monsieur'" (24), aussi bien qu'un respect idolatre, qu'elle pousse "si loin qu'elle conservait une des redingotes de Monsieur" (53) dans sa chambre.

Sa cravate blanche et sa calvitie, le jabot de sa chemise, son ample redingote brune, sa facon de priser en arrondissant le bras, tout son individu lui produisait ce trouble ou nous jette le spectacle des hommes extraordinaires" (25-26).