dressing gown

noun

1. a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.

dressing gown

noun

1. a full robe worn before dressing or for lounging

Word History and Origins

Origin of dressing gown¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

I want a dressing gown made from it, to inspire my opium dreams.

From The Daily Beast

The sister was dressed in traditional Roma dress—covered in a pink, furry, polka dot dressing gown.

From The Daily Beast

And then Joan, dressed in a black sparkly dressing gown with a feather ruff—literally—rang the dinner gong.

From The Daily Beast

She dons a kabuki dressing gown and red wig, wanting to recapture the self and love of earlier years.

From The Daily Beast

She was in a soiled dressing gown of purple flannel, with several of the buttons off.

From Project Gutenberg

She found the sick woman wrapped up in a warm dressing-gown, reclining languidly in a large easy chair.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Kerry, enveloped in a woollen dressing-gown, which obviously belonged to the Inspector, came into the room.

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And at daylight Sara Lee was awakened by much firing, and putting on a dressing gown she went out to see what was happening.

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A few of the men were still in pyjamas, and of the women in dressing-gown or opera-cloak, caught up as they fled.

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