Definition of Dressing gown

1. Noun. A robe worn before dressing or while lounging.

Exact synonyms: Lounging Robe, Robe-de-chambre
Generic synonyms: Robe

Definition of Dressing gown

1. Noun. An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dressing Gown

dresses up
dressest
dresseth
dressier
dressiest
dressily
dressiness
dressinesses
dressing
dressing-bell
dressing-down
dressing case
dressing cases
dressing down
dressing forceps
dressing gown (current term)
dressing gowns
dressing room
dressing rooms
dressing sack
dressing sacque
dressing station
dressing stick
dressing sticks
dressing table
dressing tables
dressing up
dressingroom
dressingrooms
dressings

Literary usage of Dressing gown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"lThe gown is somewhat like our dressing gown, and has an inside pocket with book. ... dressing gown."

2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... taking a death-warrant out of his dressing-gown pocket, ... and lifting up the tails of his dressing-gown, the King entered his own apartment. ..."

3. Diderot and the Encyclopædists by John Morley (1884)
"It occurs in his playful Regrets on My Old Dressing-gown, so rich in happy and delightful touches. " What induced me to part with it? ..."

4. Diderot and the Encyclopædists by John Morley (1886)
"... on My Old Dressing-gown, so rich in happy and delightful touches. " What induced me to part with, it ? It was made for me ; I was made for it. ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1844)
"If you possess any curiosity concerning costumes, take a glance at Paris in her dressing-gown. The carnival, which displays during three days its ..."

6. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"Mac in a dressing-gown (I mean 'Beth, not 'Ready), years into our country, ... A man who wears a dressing-gown is not neat in his person ; his moral ..."

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