Definitions for redingote

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redingote red·in·gote

Spelling: [red-ing-goht]

IPA: /ˈrɛd ɪŋˌgoʊt/

Redingote is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 472 anagrams from letters in redingote (deeginort).

Definitions for redingote

noun

1. a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.
2. a coatdress with a contrasting gore in front.
3. a long, double-breasted overcoat worn by men in the 18th century.

Origin of redingote

1825-35; French English riding coat

Examples for redingote

Beside her chair she placed a redingote of his and sewing-material.

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

Then he hurriedly donned a redingote and appeared, flurried and distressed.

I have met an excellent French and English scholar, to whom it was quite a surprise to learn that redingote was riding-coat.

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