gownn.

Brit.

/ɡaʊn/, U.S.

/ɡaʊn/

Forms: Middle English–1500s goun(e, Middle English–1600s gowne, (1500s Scottish gounn, 1700s–1800s vulgar gownd), Middle English– gown.

Etymology: < Old French goune, gone, gonne (feminine), a Common Romanic word = Provençal gona, Old Spanish gona, Italian gonna < medieval Latin gunna, used in the 8th cent. by St. Boniface for a garment of fur permitted to elderly or infirm monks. A late Latin gunna ‘skin, fur’, is quoted from a scholiast on Verg. Georg. iii. 383, and in Byzantine Greek γοῦνα is common as the name of a coarse garment, sometimes described as made of skins. The origin of the Romanic word is obscure. Some scholars regard it as of Celtic origin, comparing the Welsh gŵn, Irish fúan ‘lacerna’, which are referred by Stokes (Fick's Idg. Wb.⁴ II. 281) to an Old Celtic *vo-ouno-, < vo- (= Greek ὑπό under) + root ou- to clothe (compare Latin exuĕre, induĕre, subūcula). But Loth ( Rev. Celt. XX. 353) raises phonological objections, and believes the Welsh word to be adopted < English (as are the Irish gúnn, Gaelic gùn, Manx goon). In any case the Celtic origin of the Romanic word does not seem to accord with the geographical probabilities. Albanian has gunë cloak, but it is uncertain whether this is native or adopted < Greek.

1. A loose flowing upper garment worn as an article of ordinary attire.

a. By men. (See also senses 3, 4.)

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown

robec1225

gownc1400

habit1716

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 145 Þow art a gome vngoderly in þat goun febele.

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 904 Syr, what Robe or govn pleseth it yow to were to day?

1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 12 §1 No Merchant Stranger..shall bring into this Realm..Clasps for Gowns.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 352 A gown on his armyng he had.

1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 No man vnder the degree of a barons sonne..shall weare any maner of veluet in their gownes.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxlviii. 37 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 251 You that proud of natiue gown Stand fresh or tall to see.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vii. 112 I haue lost my Gowne .

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul iv. i. 476 He wears an Uzbek shirt and a gown, over which is a girdle.

b. By women. In modern use, a garment fitting close to the upper part of the body with flowing skirts; = frock n. 4.In the 18th cent. it was the ordinary word; subsequently it was to a great extent superseded in colloquial use by dress, but has latterly been somewhat more common, esp. in fashionable use, as applied to a dress with some pretension to elegance, and in combination as dinner-gown, tea-gown. In the U.S. it has always been the current word.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > for women

kirtlec995

gown1397

semar1673

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown

robec1225

frock1538

attire1587

gown1716

dress1802

disco1964

1397 in W. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum (1846) IV. 194 Quod non utantur..jupis Anglicè gounes.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 65 This woman had tenne diuerse gownes and as mani cotes.

15.. Adam Bel & Clym of Clough 73 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1791) 8 They gave to her a ryght good goune.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Aa.iii Girt in my giltlesse gowne as I sit here and sow.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 75 Quicke, quicke, wee'le come dresse you straight: put on the gowne the while.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 10 Nov. (1971) IV. 378 The Queene..hath bespoke herself a new gown.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Sept. (1965) I. 261 I have not yet been at Court, being forc'd to stay for my Gown.

1750 H. Walpole Let. 2 Apr. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) II. 356 Several women have made earthquake gowns,—that is, warm gowns to sit out of doors all tonight.

1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iii, in Moral Tales II. 72 Betty Williams's heavy foot was now set upon the train of Clara's gown.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 5 Women's faces when they walk..With rosy children hanging on their gowns.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. viii. 162 There is no end to the variety of her gowns.

c. figurative.

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c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxiv. 95 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 98 The winters frosty gowne.

1613 W. Drummond Teares Death Meliades In gloomie gownes the Starres about deplore.

2. = dressing gown n., nightgown n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > dressing gown

gown1600

robe de chambre1687

dressing gown1699

robe1812

Schlafrock1836

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 181 Come, thou shalt go to the warres in a gowne, we wil haue away thy cold.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 255 I came down..in my Gown and Slippers.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 55 The nobility receiving company in their morning gowns.

1778 R. James Diss. Fevers (ed. 8) 40 On Saturday morning, about three o'clock, it was observed his breast had sweated through his shirt and gown.

1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 758 Dressing Jackets, Tea Jackets, and Gowns... Graceful Gown. In Nuns' Veiling, accordion pleated, trimmed white embroidery.

1969 ‘E. McGirr’ Entry of Death iii. 51 She wears thick Viyella pyjamas... And her gown... Brushed nylon, a kind of housecoat really.

3. Used as the name of the flowing outer garment worn by the ancients, esp. the Roman toga. Hence after Roman usage: ‘The dress of peace’ (Johnson).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > toga

gowna1387

toge?a1400

toga1600

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 243 Virgil clepeþ the Romayns togati; þat beeþ men i-cloþed in gownes.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 293 He was i-cloþed in a consuls gowne [L. trabea].

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 126 After that, the Roman Attire grew to be in account, and the Gowne to be in vse among them.

1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) ii. 409 His best attire rough gownes, such as of old Was Roman weare.

1659 J. Dryden Heroique Stanza's xx, in E. Waller et al. Three Poems 6 He Mars depos'd, and Arms to Gowns made yield.

1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 287 The Rhetorical Exercises..which Young Men applied themselves to, when they had put on the thorough White Gown, that is, at Seventeen or Eighteen Years of Age.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 84 Lords of the world, thy Romans, the race of the glorious gown.

4. A more or less flowing outer robe indicating the wearer's office, profession, or status:

a. as worn by the holder of a civil or legal or parliamentary office, e.g. an alderman, a judge, magistrate; also collective the magistracy. furred gown n. that worn by an alderman.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > indicative of office, profession, or status

robec1300

gown1377

formality?1578

toga1738

toguea1862

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 227 And fewe robes I fonge or furred gounes.

1486 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 53 The Maire and Aldermen, cled in long gownys of skarlet.

1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 49 The person that is gowned, is by his gown put in minde of gravitie.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk4/2 To the field we are not prest; Nor are called into the Towne, to be troubled with the Gowne.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 7 Oh, had he been content to serve the Crown, With vertues only proper to the Gown.

1785 J. Wolcot Wks. (1816) I. 80 Skinner in his aldermanic gown.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. iv. 165 Robed in their gowns of state.

1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics iii And as for our Corporation—shocking To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that can't or won't determine [etc.].

1886 Manch. Examiner 14 Jan. 5/6 Mr. Peel..wore a wig, but had not yet donned the flowing gown which is the distinguishing mark of his office [the Speakership].

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xxii. 309 The justices [of the Supreme Court] wear black gowns.

b. as distinctive of the legal or clerical profession. Hence, The profession itself, and collective the members of it. †lawyer of both gowns: one versed in both common and ecclesiastical law.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > gown

gown1564

cloak1641

1564 Briefe Exam. ***** iij b The Gowne that you..would so gladly minister in, seemeth to come eyther from Turkes or Papistes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 1 I prethee put on this gown, & this beard, make him beleeue thou art sir Topas the Curate.

1641 Bp. Lincoln Speech 24 May in Cobbett Parl. Hist. (1807) II. 798 Calvin and Beza, whilst they lived, carried all the counsel of the state of Geneva under their own gowns.

1641 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 20 Nov. (1642) xiv. 63 Lawyers of both Gownes.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xvi. 148 How constantly the Preist puts on his Gown and Surplice, so constantly doth his praier put on a servile yoak of Liturgie.

1682 J. Dryden Medall 19 The Cut-throat Sword and clamorous Gown shall jar.

1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 101 It is a surprizing thing, the number of Employs for men of the Sword and the Gown, which his Majesty every day bestows.

1708 Brit. Apollo 26 Nov.–1 Dec. The Gown was the Intention of your Studies.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 184 Children..pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 135 I have now taken the gown [i.e. holy orders], agreeable to my good father's wishes.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 250 His gown was torn to shreds over his head: if he had a prayer book in his pocket it was burned.

1900 N.E.D. at Gown Mod. (N. Linc.) He goes as gain'and popery as he can wi'out hevin' his gown pulled off.

figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 93 It [sc. honestie] will weare the Surplis of humilitie ouer the blacke-Gowne of a bigge heart.

c. as the distinctive costume of a member of a University, varying in form, colour, etc., with the academical standing or degree of the wearer (as in †man of his gown). cap and gown (see cap n.¹ 4b).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > academic robe

gown1665

1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 253 It is not a Gown, or Degrees taken in Universities, which constitute the Physician.

1668 E. Maynwaring Medicus Absolutus 169 By their pragmatick Insolencies and upbraiding men of the Gown.

1707 Guinnet in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 23 Dec. (O.H.S.) II. 84 The Exercises, that are appointed Gentlemen of his Gown.

1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 13 The strong Contagion of the Gown.

1764 Oxford Sausage 30 My Wife's Ambition and my own Was that this Child should wear a Gown.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 131 A scholar, in my cap and gown.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 72 The scholar's gown, now a robe of honour, was a badge of social inferiority.

5. collective singular. The resident members of a University. Now only without article and in opposition to town.

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society > education > member of university > [noun] > collectively

gown1659

1659 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 292 Challenging also the gowne it self to oppose what they did and said.

1764 Oxford Sausage 17 Ben Tyrrell, Cook of high Renown, To please the Palates of the Gown, At Three-pence each, makes Mutton-Pies.

1828 Sporting Mag. 21 428 Parties of five or six, both ‘gown’ and ‘town’, were parading abreast.

1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iii. 15 When Gown was absent, Town was miserable.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 4/3 ‘Town’ and ‘Gown’ joined in harmony.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

gown-piece n.

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1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 616 The spangled gown-piece, fancy-figured o'er.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 374/1 The gown-pieces were rolled loosely together.

gown-skirt n.

ΚΠ

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 85 Holding her gownskirt in her hand.

1894 W. Morris Wood beyond World x. 59 She..hastily covered up her legs with her gown-skirt.

gown-sleeve n.

ΚΠ

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xix. 61 Vnto hym she gaffe one of her gowne sleues.

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. iv. 53 A woman with her gown-sleeves rolled up.

gown-tail n.

ΚΠ

1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 213 Her legs and hands tied, and her gown tail muffled over her head.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 108 I..canna climb up to that high window to see sae muckle as her gown-tail.

C2.

gown-boy n. a boy belonging to a scholastic foundation, esp. to that of the Charterhouse.

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society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > pupil at specific school > at other specific schools

substance1811

Grecian1813

gown-boy1853

Rug1856

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. ii. 18 I have seen his name carved upon the Gown Boys' arch.

1886 F. H. Doyle Reminisc. 29 A gown-boy at the Charterhouse.

† gown-cloth n. Obsolete a piece of material to make a gown.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for dresses > piece of

gown-clothc1386

c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 544 Thou shalt haue anon A goune clooth.

1452 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 337 The said prouost shal yif to the said Robert..yerly duryng his lyf a gownecloth in sute with his gentilmen.

1549 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 191 A gowne clothe for George Darrell..xl^s.

† gown-crook n. Obsolete a hook on which gowns are hung.

ΚΠ

1573 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 235 To ye wyfe of Wiliam my son..a pare of gowne krokes.

gown-fashion adv. after the fashion of a gown.

ΚΠ

1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 13 Their coarse white linen dresses, made gown-fashion in one piece.

† gown-rule n. Obsolete civilian government (in Rome).

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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > other systems > [noun] > civilian government

gown-rule1627

1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) vii. 71 [Cicero] In whose gown-rule fierce Catiline did feare The peacefull axes.

† gown-sept n. Obsolete the clan or nation of the gown or toga (= Latin gens togata).

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Romans > [noun]

RomanishOE

Quiritesa1398

S.P.Q.R.1565

gown-sept1582

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 Iuno..with mee newlye shal enter In leage with Romans, and gownesept charelye tender.

Derivatives

† ˈgownist n. Obsolete one who is entitled to wear a gown.

ΚΠ

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxvii. 120 Those inricht our Gownests.

ˈgownlet n. a small gown.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1890 S. J. Duncan Social Departure 107 Cuddling her small person up..in her swathing gownlet.

Draft additions 1993

Any of various kinds of protective outer garment worn by the staff or patients of a hospital, esp. (a) one designed to reduce the risk of infection during surgery, or (b) a loosely fitting, general-purpose garment (often hospital gown).

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > covering or gown

gown1900

drape1950

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment

wresting thread1616

tractors1798

tetanomotor1860

examining table1877

wire instrumenta1884

wristband1884

nasal spray1888

mackintosh sheet1889

gas mask1892

bath-bed1894

inspissator1897

Murphy's button1899

trembling-chair1899

solenoid1901

sunray1921

oxygenator1928

white cane1930

white stick1930

microdrive1955

photocoagulator1965

bubble1966

stimoceiver1967

hospital gown1970

smart pill1988

1900 T. Cowardine Operative & Pract. Surg. vii. 186 The shirt-sleeves should be well tucked up..and covered by those of a clean sterilised gown or apron.

1919 E. W. H. Groves Surg. Operations i. 10 The sister scrubs up, covers herself in sterile gown, cap, gloves, and mask.

1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) iii. 72 Dr. Malloy would get into his gown and follow Dr. English to the operating-room.

1970 New Yorker 28 Feb. 44/1 He was lying in bed propped up on pillows, wearing a white hospital gown.

1990 J. Masson Final Anal. (1991) iii. 46 The patients who shuffled past us in the hallways wearing slippers and institutional gowns.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gown
释义	gownn. Brit. /ɡaʊn/, U.S. /ɡaʊn/ Forms: Middle English–1500s goun(e, Middle English–1600s gowne, (1500s Scottish gounn, 1700s–1800s vulgar gownd), Middle English– gown. Etymology: < Old French goune, gone, gonne (feminine), a Common Romanic word = Provençal gona, Old Spanish gona, Italian gonna < medieval Latin gunna, used in the 8th cent. by St. Boniface for a garment of fur permitted to elderly or infirm monks. A late Latin gunna ‘skin, fur’, is quoted from a scholiast on Verg. Georg. iii. 383, and in Byzantine Greek γοῦνα is common as the name of a coarse garment, sometimes described as made of skins. The origin of the Romanic word is obscure. Some scholars regard it as of Celtic origin, comparing the Welsh gŵn, Irish fúan ‘lacerna’, which are referred by Stokes (Fick's Idg. Wb.⁴ II. 281) to an Old Celtic vo-ouno-, < vo-* (= Greek ὑπό under) + root ou- to clothe (compare Latin exuĕre, induĕre, subūcula). But Loth ( Rev. Celt. XX. 353) raises phonological objections, and believes the Welsh word to be adopted < English (as are the Irish gúnn, Gaelic gùn, Manx goon). In any case the Celtic origin of the Romanic word does not seem to accord with the geographical probabilities. Albanian has gunë cloak, but it is uncertain whether this is native or adopted < Greek. 1. A loose flowing upper garment worn as an article of ordinary attire. a. By men. (See also senses 3, 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown robec1225 gownc1400 habit1716 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 145 Þow art a gome vngoderly in þat goun febele. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 904 Syr, what Robe or govn pleseth it yow to were to day? 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 12 §1 No Merchant Stranger..shall bring into this Realm..Clasps for Gowns. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 352 A gown on his armyng he had. 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 No man vnder the degree of a barons sonne..shall weare any maner of veluet in their gownes. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxlviii. 37 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 251 You that proud of natiue gown Stand fresh or tall to see. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vii. 112 I haue lost my Gowne . View more context for this quotation 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul iv. i. 476 He wears an Uzbek shirt and a gown, over which is a girdle. b. By women. In modern use, a garment fitting close to the upper part of the body with flowing skirts; = frock n. 4.In the 18th cent. it was the ordinary word; subsequently it was to a great extent superseded in colloquial use by dress, but has latterly been somewhat more common, esp. in fashionable use, as applied to a dress with some pretension to elegance, and in combination as dinner-gown, tea-gown. In the U.S. it has always been the current word. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > for women kirtlec995 gown1397 semar1673 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown robec1225 frock1538 attire1587 gown1716 dress1802 disco1964 1397 in W. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum (1846) IV. 194 Quod non utantur..jupis Anglicè gounes. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 65 This woman had tenne diuerse gownes and as mani cotes. 15.. Adam Bel & Clym of Clough 73 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1791) 8 They gave to her a ryght good goune. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Aa.iii Girt in my giltlesse gowne as I sit here and sow. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 75 Quicke, quicke, wee'le come dresse you straight: put on the gowne the while. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Pepys Diary 10 Nov. (1971) IV. 378 The Queene..hath bespoke herself a new gown. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Sept. (1965) I. 261 I have not yet been at Court, being forc'd to stay for my Gown. 1750 H. Walpole Let. 2 Apr. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) II. 356 Several women have made earthquake gowns,—that is, warm gowns to sit out of doors all tonight. 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iii, in Moral Tales II. 72 Betty Williams's heavy foot was now set upon the train of Clara's gown. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 5 Women's faces when they walk..With rosy children hanging on their gowns. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. viii. 162 There is no end to the variety of her gowns. c. figurative. ΚΠ c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxiv. 95 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 98 The winters frosty gowne. 1613 W. Drummond Teares Death Meliades In gloomie gownes the Starres about deplore. 2. = dressing gown n., nightgown n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > dressing gown gown1600 robe de chambre1687 dressing gown1699 robe1812 Schlafrock1836 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 181 Come, thou shalt go to the warres in a gowne, we wil haue away thy cold. View more context for this quotation 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 255 I came down..in my Gown and Slippers. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 55 The nobility receiving company in their morning gowns. 1778 R. James Diss. Fevers (ed. 8) 40 On Saturday morning, about three o'clock, it was observed his breast had sweated through his shirt and gown. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 758 Dressing Jackets, Tea Jackets, and Gowns... Graceful Gown. In Nuns' Veiling, accordion pleated, trimmed white embroidery. 1969 ‘E. McGirr’ Entry of Death iii. 51 She wears thick Viyella pyjamas... And her gown... Brushed nylon, a kind of housecoat really. 3. Used as the name of the flowing outer garment worn by the ancients, esp. the Roman toga. Hence after Roman usage: ‘The dress of peace’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > toga gowna1387 toge?a1400 toga1600 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 243 Virgil clepeþ the Romayns togati; þat beeþ men i-cloþed in gownes. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 293 He was i-cloþed in a consuls gowne [L. trabea]. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 126 After that, the Roman Attire grew to be in account, and the Gowne to be in vse among them. 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) ii. 409 His best attire rough gownes, such as of old Was Roman weare. 1659 J. Dryden Heroique Stanza's xx, in E. Waller et al. Three Poems 6 He Mars depos'd, and Arms to Gowns made yield. 1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 287 The Rhetorical Exercises..which Young Men applied themselves to, when they had put on the thorough White Gown, that is, at Seventeen or Eighteen Years of Age. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 84 Lords of the world, thy Romans, the race of the glorious gown. 4. A more or less flowing outer robe indicating the wearer's office, profession, or status: a. as worn by the holder of a civil or legal or parliamentary office, e.g. an alderman, a judge, magistrate; also collective the magistracy. furred gown n. that worn by an alderman. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > indicative of office, profession, or status robec1300 gown1377 formality?1578 toga1738 toguea1862 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 227 And fewe robes I fonge or furred gounes. 1486 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 53 The Maire and Aldermen, cled in long gownys of skarlet. 1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 49 The person that is gowned, is by his gown put in minde of gravitie. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk4/2 To the field we are not prest; Nor are called into the Towne, to be troubled with the Gowne. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 7 Oh, had he been content to serve the Crown, With vertues only proper to the Gown. 1785 J. Wolcot Wks. (1816) I. 80 Skinner in his aldermanic gown. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. iv. 165 Robed in their gowns of state. 1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics iii And as for our Corporation—shocking To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that can't or won't determine [etc.]. 1886 Manch. Examiner 14 Jan. 5/6 Mr. Peel..wore a wig, but had not yet donned the flowing gown which is the distinguishing mark of his office [the Speakership]. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xxii. 309 The justices [of the Supreme Court] wear black gowns. b. as distinctive of the legal or clerical profession. Hence, The profession itself, and collective the members of it. †lawyer of both gowns: one versed in both common and ecclesiastical law. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > gown gown1564 cloak1641 1564 Briefe Exam. ***** iij b The Gowne that you..would so gladly minister in, seemeth to come eyther from Turkes or Papistes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 1 I prethee put on this gown, & this beard, make him beleeue thou art sir Topas the Curate. View more context for this quotation 1641 Bp. Lincoln Speech 24 May in Cobbett Parl. Hist. (1807) II. 798 Calvin and Beza, whilst they lived, carried all the counsel of the state of Geneva under their own gowns. 1641 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 20 Nov. (1642) xiv. 63 Lawyers of both Gownes. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xvi. 148 How constantly the Preist puts on his Gown and Surplice, so constantly doth his praier put on a servile yoak of Liturgie. 1682 J. Dryden Medall 19 The Cut-throat Sword and clamorous Gown shall jar. 1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 101 It is a surprizing thing, the number of Employs for men of the Sword and the Gown, which his Majesty every day bestows. 1708 Brit. Apollo 26 Nov.–1 Dec. The Gown was the Intention of your Studies. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 184 Children..pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. 1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 135 I have now taken the gown [i.e. holy orders], agreeable to my good father's wishes. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 250 His gown was torn to shreds over his head: if he had a prayer book in his pocket it was burned. 1900 N.E.D. at Gown Mod. (N. Linc.) He goes as gain'and popery as he can wi'out hevin' his gown pulled off. figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 93 It [sc. honestie] will weare the Surplis of humilitie ouer the blacke-Gowne of a bigge heart. c. as the distinctive costume of a member of a University, varying in form, colour, etc., with the academical standing or degree of the wearer (as in †man of his gown). cap and gown (see cap n.¹ 4b). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > academic robe gown1665 1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 253 It is not a Gown, or Degrees taken in Universities, which constitute the Physician. 1668 E. Maynwaring Medicus Absolutus 169 By their pragmatick Insolencies and upbraiding men of the Gown. 1707 Guinnet in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 23 Dec. (O.H.S.) II. 84 The Exercises, that are appointed Gentlemen of his Gown. 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 13 The strong Contagion of the Gown. 1764 Oxford Sausage 30 My Wife's Ambition and my own Was that this Child should wear a Gown. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 131 A scholar, in my cap and gown. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 72 The scholar's gown, now a robe of honour, was a badge of social inferiority. 5. collective singular. The resident members of a University. Now only without article and in opposition to town. ΘΚΠ society > education > member of university > [noun] > collectively gown1659 1659 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 292 Challenging also the gowne it self to oppose what they did and said. 1764 Oxford Sausage 17 Ben Tyrrell, Cook of high Renown, To please the Palates of the Gown, At Three-pence each, makes Mutton-Pies. 1828 Sporting Mag. 21 428 Parties of five or six, both ‘gown’ and ‘town’, were parading abreast. 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iii. 15 When Gown was absent, Town was miserable. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 4/3 ‘Town’ and ‘Gown’ joined in harmony. Compounds C1. General attributive. gown-piece n. ΚΠ 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 616 The spangled gown-piece, fancy-figured o'er. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 374/1 The gown-pieces were rolled loosely together. gown-skirt n. ΚΠ 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 85 Holding her gownskirt in her hand. 1894 W. Morris Wood beyond World x. 59 She..hastily covered up her legs with her gown-skirt. gown-sleeve n. ΚΠ 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xix. 61 Vnto hym she gaffe one of her gowne sleues. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. iv. 53 A woman with her gown-sleeves rolled up. gown-tail n. ΚΠ 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 213 Her legs and hands tied, and her gown tail muffled over her head. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 108 I..canna climb up to that high window to see sae muckle as her gown-tail. C2. gown-boy n. a boy belonging to a scholastic foundation, esp. to that of the Charterhouse. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > pupil at specific school > at other specific schools substance1811 Grecian1813 gown-boy1853 Rug1856 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. ii. 18 I have seen his name carved upon the Gown Boys' arch. 1886 F. H. Doyle Reminisc. 29 A gown-boy at the Charterhouse. † gown-cloth n. Obsolete a piece of material to make a gown. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for dresses > piece of gown-clothc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 544 Thou shalt haue anon A goune clooth. 1452 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 337 The said prouost shal yif to the said Robert..yerly duryng his lyf a gownecloth in sute with his gentilmen. 1549 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 191 A gowne clothe for George Darrell..xl^s. † gown-crook n. Obsolete a hook on which gowns are hung. ΚΠ 1573 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 235 To ye wyfe of Wiliam my son..a pare of gowne krokes. gown-fashion adv. after the fashion of a gown. ΚΠ 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 13 Their coarse white linen dresses, made gown-fashion in one piece. † gown-rule n. Obsolete civilian government (in Rome). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > other systems > [noun] > civilian government gown-rule1627 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) vii. 71 [Cicero] In whose gown-rule fierce Catiline did feare The peacefull axes. † gown-sept n. Obsolete the clan or nation of the gown or toga (= Latin gens togata). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Romans > [noun] RomanishOE Quiritesa1398 S.P.Q.R.1565 gown-sept1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 Iuno..with mee newlye shal enter In leage with Romans, and gownesept charelye tender. Derivatives † ˈgownist n. Obsolete one who is entitled to wear a gown. ΚΠ 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxvii. 120 Those inricht our Gownests. ˈgownlet n. a small gown.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1890 S. J. Duncan Social Departure 107 Cuddling her small person up..in her swathing gownlet. Draft additions 1993 Any of various kinds of protective outer garment worn by the staff or patients of a hospital, esp. (a) one designed to reduce the risk of infection during surgery, or (b) a loosely fitting, general-purpose garment (often hospital gown). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > covering or gown gown1900 drape1950 the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment wresting thread1616 tractors1798 tetanomotor1860 examining table1877 wire instrumenta1884 wristband1884 nasal spray1888 mackintosh sheet1889 gas mask1892 bath-bed1894 inspissator1897 Murphy's button1899 trembling-chair1899 solenoid1901 sunray1921 oxygenator1928 white cane1930 white stick1930 microdrive1955 photocoagulator1965 bubble1966 stimoceiver1967 hospital gown1970 smart pill1988 1900 T. Cowardine Operative & Pract. Surg. vii. 186 The shirt-sleeves should be well tucked up..and covered by those of a clean sterilised gown or apron. 1919 E. W. H. Groves Surg. Operations i. 10 The sister scrubs up, covers herself in sterile gown, cap, gloves, and mask. 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) iii. 72 Dr. Malloy would get into his gown and follow Dr. English to the operating-room. 1970 New Yorker 28 Feb. 44/1 He was lying in bed propped up on pillows, wearing a white hospital gown. 1990 J. Masson Final Anal. (1991) iii. 46 The patients who shuffled past us in the hallways wearing slippers and institutional gowns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gownv. Brit. /ɡaʊn/, U.S. /ɡaʊn/ Etymology: < gown n. 1. transitive. To dress in a gown. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > other wimple?c1225 pricka1275 clothe1382 addressa1393 haspc1400 to-cloutc1430 shirtc1450 gownc1485 tuft1535 passement1539 kerchief1600 muff1607 inshirt1611 insmock1611 mode1656 costume1802 slop1803 shawl1812 cravat1818 sur-invest1827 frock1828 pinafore1843 smock1847 panoply1851 underclothe1857 upholster1873 fancy dress1878 sleeve1887 to suit up1912 crinoline1915 c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) v. 726 Here entrithe vj. Iorours in a sute gownyde with hoodes a-bowte her neckes. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvii. 169 Empson and Dudly, fur'd Esquiers (more harmefull, being gown'd). 1609 S. Rowlands Whole Crew Kind Gossips 22 Nay Ile be sworne it makes my purse-strings cracke, To ruffle her in her pride, and gowne her backe. 1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 389 In Velvet white as Snow the Troop was gown'd. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 25 Gown'd in pure white,..she stood. 1890 M. W. Hungerford Born Coquette I. viii. 73 Should she elect to gown herself in the latest Paris fashions. figurative and in extended use.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa8 Th'yuorie in golden mantle gownd.1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs v. ii. 28 in Purple Island The warmer sunne his bride hath newly gown'd.a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 206 The man who in Love's robe is gowned May say that Fortune smiles upon his lot. 2. intransitive for reflexive. To put on a gown. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > in specific clothing to cover (one's head)c1340 boot1600 to be covered1611 to put on1611 robea1626 cloak1774 wrap1847 tuck1888 gown1896 flannel1919 to suit up1927 to dress down1941 1896 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 112 81 One or two men in different parts of the Hall who had not gowned were politely requested to do so. Draft additions 1993 b. Medicine colloquial. With up: to put on a surgical gown, esp. before taking part in an operation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > other surgical practices > perform other surgical practices [verb (transitive)] > put on surgical gown gown1986 1986 P. D. James Taste for Death iii. 182 My staff recognize my work even if they don't actually see my face. But, of course, they did see it, before I gowned up. 1987 A. Puckett Blood Stains viii. 94 The lab through there is supposed to be sterile, so you have to gown up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1377v.c1485
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