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ˈnight-clothes
[f. night n. + clothes. Cf. G. nachtkleid, Da. natklæder, Sw. nattkläder.]
1. Such clothes as are usually put on at night immediately before going to bed.
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iii. i, 'Tis not yet proud day:..the unpranked world Wears yet the night-clothes. 1674tr. Scheffer's Lapland 90 Besides these garments..they have also other which they use a nights, such as are called night-cloathes, for they have no feather beds. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxxiv, Here they found the unfortunate girl..; her night clothes torn and dabbled with blood. 1846Mrs. Carlyle Let. to Carlyle 23 Aug., Left me in total darkness,—to scramble into my night-clothes as I could. 1896Daily News 17 Aug. 6/6 The bodies, which lay side by side in bed in night clothes, were in a composed attitude.
†2. Négligé or informal dress worn in the evening. Obs.
1667Pepys Diary 24 Dec., My Lady Castlemaine, who looked prettily in her night-clothes. 1709Steele Tatler No. 2 ⁋2 These Nightclothes, Moll, become thee mightily. 1737Mrs. Delany Life & Corr. (1861) II. 6 The suit of night-clothes I have pitched on for you are charming: it is grounded Brussels. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. lxxxi, I dressed myself in a new pink sattin gown and my best laced night-cloaths. |