fourreaun.
/ˈfuːrəʊ/ A tight-fitting dress; an underslip as part of a dress. (Cf. slip n.3 4c.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > underdress
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1872 Young Englishwoman Dec. 645/1 The fourreau dress, reminding one of modes of the First Empire.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 5/1 They were what are called sheath gowns or skirts à fourreau.
1913 in C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing (1952) iii. 118 Evening gown..mounted on flesh pink marquisette with a fourreau of sea-green charmeuse.
1921 Glasgow Herald 22 Jan. 4 A fourreau of black charmeuse, with which..is worn a simple over-dress of crepe de chine.
1927 Observer 10 Apr. 22 The whole dress is also slit from throat to hem, permitting a glimpse of a contrasting fourreau.
1964 O. Coburn tr. M. Braun-Ronsdorf Wheel of Fashion 112/1 In such a sheath dress (called fourreau), which fitted the hips tightly..a lady could scarcely move.
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