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a dance and song popular during the French Revolution.
a man’s loose jacket with wide lapels and metal buttons, worn during the French Revolution.
the costume of the French revolutionists, consisting chiefly of this jacket, black pantaloons, and a red liberty cap.
Historical Examples

This combination of revolutionary lyrics—Ça Ira and carmagnole—was chanted fervidly.
Visionaries James Huneker

Some one was singing the “carmagnole” in drunken, discordant tones.
The Historical Nights’ Entertainment Rafael Sabatini

During this long procession the band played the demagogical airs of the carmagnole and the Ça Ira, those pas de charge of revolts.
History of the Girondists, Volume I Alphonse de Lamartine

His carmagnole was worthy of the proposition with which it concluded.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4) Thomas Babington Macaulay

The face of Jesuit Morlet was still, as always, calm and sardonic; he wore a carmagnole jacket and red bonnet.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 Eugne Sue

But the madder swirl of the carmagnole came along, and presto!
Orphans of the Storm Henry MacMahon

But, in truth, the tree was too lofty to have a red cap placed on its top, or a carmagnole danced beneath it.
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine Heinrich Heine

Do you remember,” gasped Barres, “that girl who danced the carmagnole on the Quay?
The Moonlit Way Robert W. Chambers

Do you want to give us the idea that pieces of artillery in general—and carmagnole in particular—have characters!
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 Eugne Sue

Well do I remember you, and carmagnole, your sweetheart of a spit-fire.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 Eugne Sue

noun
a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
the costume worn by many French Revolutionaries, consisting of a short jacket with wide lapels, black trousers, a red liberty cap, and a tricoloured sash