carmagnole

American  

[kahr-muhn-yohl, kar-ma-nyawl] / ˌkɑr mənˈyoʊl, kar maˈnyɔl /

noun

plural

carmagnoles

1. a dance and song popular during the French Revolution.

2. a man's loose jacket with wide lapels and metal buttons, worn during the French Revolution.

3. the costume of the French revolutionists, consisting chiefly of this jacket, black pantaloons, and a red liberty cap.

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carmagnole British  

/ ˌkɑːmənˈjəʊl, karmaɲɔl /

noun

1. a dance and song popular during the French Revolution

2. the costume worn by many French Revolutionaries, consisting of a short jacket with wide lapels, black trousers, a red liberty cap, and a tricoloured sash

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Etymology

Origin of carmagnole

1790–1800; < French, after the name of a ceremonial jacket worn by peasants of Dauphiné and Savoy, named after Carmagnola, town in Piedmont, Italy

Example Sentences

It is as if two cultures, both of them oddly brandishing the same banner, were arrayed in some 18th century battle painting, the young whirling in defiant rock carmagnole against the panoplied Silent Majority.

From Time Magazine Archive

About a dozen of them wore the republican jacket known by the name of "la carmagnole."

From The Chouans by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

The incomers were the President and heads of the Commune of Paris, each arrayed in his tricolor carmagnole, red bonnet, and great sabre.

From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)

"How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world," cried Fox, with the exaggeration of a man ready to dance the carmagnole, "and how much the best!"

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

The face of Jesuit Morlet was still, as always, calm and sardonic; he wore a carmagnole jacket and red bonnet.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne