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

Her throne occupied the place of the altar; her supporters were chiefly drunken soldiers, smoking their pipe; and before her, were a set of half-naked vagabonds, singing and dancing the carmagnole.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.

It was a French Revolution in miniature; we danced the carmagnole in the kitchen and were prepared to conquer the Samoan social world.

From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts

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)

The ladies of the German aristocracy wore tricolour ribbons, and head dresses � la carmagnole.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav