Years ago several Of us historian types were perusing the Bexar Archive Translations of list of contraband French trade goods seized by Spanish authorities in east Texas circa 1730. One word we came upon was a a description of a type cloth that was Spanish corruption of a French corruption of a common (at that time) english article of clothing. The description went something like " xxxxx bolts of cloth commonly used by the English for "redingotes". We pondered this word for several years and we finally ran across it in a french text. Redingotes = "Riding coats"
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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