Newmarket

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A historic market town in Suffolk, England, widely regarded as the headquarters of British horse racing ; a long, close-fitting coat worn by men in the 18th and 19th centuries
2. An English town in Suffolk known as the centre of the horse racing world ; a fitted, knee-length overcoat that was fashionable among gentlemen during the Georgian and Victorian eras
3. A Suffolk town whose racecourses and training stables made it the heart of British flat racing ; a snug, long-skirted coat popular in the 1700s and 1800s

Etymology: Newmarket is a town in Suffolk, England, and it gave its name to two unrelated things: a cloak and a card game. The town itself is an old market settlement, and the name is a plain compound of "new" and "market", meaning a market town that was newer than its neighbours when it was founded. The link to the cloak and the game is simply that the town was the source of both, so the names are geographical rather than descriptive. The cloak was named after the town, and the card game was named after it too.