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newmarket

newmarket

9.9
A long close-fitting coat worn for riding horses
  • noun
  • /ˈnjuːˌmɑrkɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : 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

redingote
vsnewmarket
  • Archaic
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
surtout
vsnewmarket
  • Archaic
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

How Long

greatcoat
2 7.2
overcoat
30 1.0
newmarket
  • Archaic
9.9
coat
957 1.0
jacket
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.