newmarket
- noun
- /ˈnjuːˌmɑrkɪt/
- Archaic
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abrigo newmarket
- The museum's exhibit included a beautifully preserved newmarket from the 1840s.
Examples
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The horseman wore a tailored newmarket as he rode out in the morning sun.
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The newmarket was popular among fashionable riders in the 19th century.
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In Victorian novels, characters often don a newmarket before a day at the stables.
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She wore a beautiful newmarket to the equestrian event.
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The horseman wore a tailored newmarket as he rode out in the morning sun.
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The museum's exhibit included a beautifully preserved newmarket from the 1840s.
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In Victorian novels, characters often don a newmarket before a day at the stables.
Synonyms
A long fitted coat once worn for riding and now a stylish women's coat
A long close-fitting coat often decorated that men wore in the 1600s and 1700s
A long overcoat for men worn over other clothes in old times
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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.