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newmarket

newmarket

9.9
A long close-fitting coat worn for riding horses
  • noun
  • /ˈnjuːˌmɑrkɪt/
  • Archaic
: abrigo newmarket
  • The museum's exhibit included a beautifully preserved newmarket from the 1840s.

Examples

  • The horseman wore a tailored newmarket as he rode out in the morning sun.

  • The newmarket was popular among fashionable riders in the 19th century.

  • In Victorian novels, characters often don a newmarket before a day at the stables.

  • She wore a beautiful newmarket to the equestrian event.

  • The horseman wore a tailored newmarket as he rode out in the morning sun.

  • The museum's exhibit included a beautifully preserved newmarket from the 1840s.

  • In Victorian novels, characters often don a newmarket before a day at the stables.

Synonyms

surtout
vsnewmarket
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A long overcoat for men worn over other clothes in old times

is a specialized fitted riding garment rather than a general overcoat
redingote
vsnewmarket
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A long fitted coat once worn for riding and now a stylish women's coat

is specifically a 19th century fitted riding coat
justaucorps
vsnewmarket
  • Archaic
9.9

A long close-fitting coat often decorated that men wore in the 1600s and 1700s

is a later less decorated coat focused on riding

How Long

greatcoat
2 7.2
overcoat
31 1.0
newmarket
  • Archaic
9.9
coat
875 1.0
jacket
969 1.0

Surface Forms

newmarket singular
newmarkets plural

Etymology

The word newmarket comes from the English town Newmarket, long famous for horse racing. Tailors named a long, close-fitting coat after the town because people wore it for 'riding' and at the races, so today a newmarket is a riding coat.