Sentence:  I came upon a darkly looming building, from the dungeon-like basement of which there emerged a caretaker called Bartoloměj Smečka, a veteran, it seemed, of long-lost campaigns, clad in a crumpled <WSD>redingote</WSD> and a flowered fancy waistcoat with a gold watch-chain draped over it ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A long coat or greatcoat for men. (from 18th c.)