† wrapping-gownn.
Obsolete.
A night-gown.
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short gown1473
nightgowna1475
night-robe1553
wrapping-gown1709
sleep-coat1948
1709 S. Wesley in Quiller Couch Hetty Wesley (1903) i. viii She had nothing on but her shoes and a wrapping-gown.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 139. ⁋7 She rush'd out of bed in her wrapping gown, and consulted her glass.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough i. ii I shall never be reconciled to this nauseous wrapping-gown.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. x. 138 What was my surprise at meeting him in his wrapping-gown and night-cap.
1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate i The wide wrapping-gown and night-cap.
1867 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxxxvi, in Monthly Packet Dec. 538 The King..was soon standing before the fire in his wrapping-gown.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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