bedgownn.
/ˈbɛdɡaʊn/ 1. A woman's night-gown or ‘night-dress’.
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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 > for specific purpose > for wear during the night
wyliecoat1634
nightdress?c1663
bedgown1756
robe de nuit1823
nightgown1824
nightie1863
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. xiii. 120 No night~cap.., fetid bed-gown, or greasy sack, were appendages to the bodies of these agreeable women.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. vii. 43 Her bed-gowns, and..under-petticoats.
c1860 J. G. Whittier Sisters iii Annie rose up in her bed-gown white.
2. A kind of jacket worn by women of the working class in the north.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > worn by specific people > other
jacket1451
bedgowna1806
Melton jacket1823
vaquero1858
Melton1905
monkey jacket1968
Nehru1968
Harrington1982
a1806 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Scotl. in Jrnls. (1941) I. 257 The maid-servant..was..dressed in a white bed-gown.
?c1823 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 2nd Tour Scotl. in Jrnls. (1941) II. 341 Pity the dress of the young at harvest work is so slovenly. Loose Bed-gowns mostly of white calico.
1827 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1839) IX. 168 The women had no other dress than a bed-gown and petticoat.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies ii. 52 The nicest old woman that ever was seen, in her red petticoat, and short dimity bedgown.
Derivatives
bedgowny adj. colloquial
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > dress, robe, or gown
rumped1601
princess1866
princess cut1875
useful1879
bedgowny1885
vestless1888
sack-back1913
Winterhalter1913
sun top1937
culotte1966
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Apr. 6/1 Sloppy, bed-gowny, décollettée dresses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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