riding coat

noun

1. A garment originally designed as an outerwear for horseback riding.

   “Who could that be with Mr. Lorry—the owner of the riding-coat upon the chair—who must not be seen?”

   “There was no mistaking that voice—it was Nicholas Temple's. I heard a laugh and an answer, the gate slammed, and Mr. Temple himself in a long gray riding-coat, booted and spurred, stood before me.”