carmagnole
car·ma·gnole (kär′mə nyōl′)
noun
- the short jacket with wide lapels, or the costume consisting of this jacket, black trousers, a red cap, and tricolored girdle, worn by French Revolutionaries (1792)
- a lively song and street dance popular during the French Revolution
Etymology: Fr, altered (after Carmagnola, town in Piedmont, occupied by revolutionaries in 1792) < older carmignole, kind of cap (dial. carmignola, jacket); prob. ult. < L carminare, to card wool < carmen, a card < carrere: see card
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