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‖ peignoir|pɛɲwar|
[F., in 16th c. peignouoir (in Hatz.-Darm.), f. peigner to comb.]
A loose dressing-gown worn by women while their hair is being combed; a kind of linen or flannel gown put on on coming out of a bath; misapplied to a woman's morning-gown.
1835Court Mag. VI. p. xxii/1 Pelisse robes, or peignoirs of light materials..are now universally adopted in promenade dress. 1837Thackeray Ravenswing i, I shall have on my peignoir. 1880R. Broughton Sec. Th. ii. x, Coolly wrapped in a white peignoir by her window.
Comb.1880‘Ouida’ Moths I. i. 12 The last bathers, peignoir-enwrapped, were sauntering up from the edge of the sea. |