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red⋅in⋅gote

  [red-ing-goht]
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–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:
1825–35; < F < E riding coat
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red·in·gote   (rěd'ĭng-gōt')   
n.  

  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

fitted outer garment. The man's redingote, worn in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was a full-skirted, short-waisted, double-breasted overcoat adapted from the English riding coat. The woman's redingote of the same period was a close-fitting dress that was fastened down the front to the hem.

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