car|ma|gnole or Car|ma|gnole «KAHR muhn YOHL; French kar ma NYOHL», noun.
1. a dance and song popular during the French Revolution.
2. a) the costume worn by the French revolutionists after 1792, consisting of black trousers, a short jacket with wide lapels and metal buttons, a scarlet waistcoat, and a red cap. b) the jacket itself.
3. a soldier of the French Revolution.
╂[< French carmagnole, perhaps < Carmagnola, a town in Piedmont, Italy]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.