红衫 (制服)

红衫（英语：red coat 或 redcoat），也称猩红衫（英语：scarlet tunic）是英国的一种军事服装。从17世纪到20世纪20年代，红衫被大批英军、皇家海军陆战队和大英帝国内部的一些殖民单位广泛使用^[1]。猩红色的束腰外衣一直沿用到21世纪，共和联邦的许多军队都将其用作礼服和正装。 “红衫”（redcoat）一词作为对英国军队的蔑称可能起源于16世纪都铎王朝统治下的爱尔兰，当时爱尔兰总督所辖的英军士兵都穿着红色大衣，这是英国士兵第一次集体穿着红色制服。此词随后被爱尔兰移民带到了美国和欧洲^[2]^[3]^[4]。

从17世纪中叶到19世纪，大多数英国士兵（除了炮兵，步枪兵（英语：Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)）和轻骑兵以外）都穿有红色的外套或大衣。从1873年起，所有级别的士兵都采用了更加鲜艳的猩红色，而这以前只有某些军官被允许穿着^[5]。

参考资料

^ page 868, Concise Oxford Dictionary 1982, ISBN 0-19-861131-5
^ Abbé MacGeoghegan, History of Ireland, Ancient and Modern (Paris, 1758), trans. P. O'Kelly (1832), Vol. III, p.109.
^ Historiae Catholicae Iberniae Compendium by Philip O'Sullivan Beare (1621), Tome II, Bk IV, Chap III, translated as Ireland Under Elizabeth by Matthew J. Byrne (1903). See p. 5 of Byrne's translation.
^ 'Elizabeth I: volume 180, June 1595', in Calendar of State Papers, Ireland, 1592-1596, ed. Hans Claude Hamilton (London, 1890), p. 322.
^ Major R.M. Barnes, A History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army. Sphere Books Ltd, London (1972), p.257

[1] 868, Concise Oxford Dictionary 1982, ISBN 0-19-861131-5

[2] Abbé MacGeoghegan, History of Ireland, Ancient and Modern (Paris, 1758), trans. P. O'Kelly (1832), Vol. III, p.109.

[3] Historiae Catholicae Iberniae Compendium by Philip O'Sullivan Beare (1621), Tome II, Bk IV, Chap III, translated as Ireland Under Elizabeth by Matthew J. Byrne (1903). See p. 5 of Byrne's translation.

[4] 'Elizabeth I: volume 180, June 1595', in Calendar of State Papers, Ireland, 1592-1596, ed. Hans Claude Hamilton (London, 1890), p. 322.

[5] Major R.M. Barnes, A History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army. Sphere Books Ltd, London (1972), p.257

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