Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Carmagnole \Car`ma`gnole"\, n. [F.]
   1. A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of
      the first French Revolution.

            They danced and yelled the carmagnole. --Compton
                                                  Reade.

   2. A bombastic report from the French armies.