stuff gown

British  

noun

1. a woollen gown worn by a barrister who has not taken silk

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Example Sentences

There she sat, staid and taciturn-looking, as usual, in her brown stuff gown, her check apron, white handkerchief, and cap.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

A Fellow-Commoner wears a black prince's stuff gown, with a square collar, and straight hanging sleeves, which are decorated with gold lace; and a square black velvet cap with a gold tassel.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

"And one beneath the dignity of even a stuff gown."

From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford

It was opened by a comely girl with a white apron pinned before her neat stuff gown, and a face as fresh and healthful as a spring day.

From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

I have seen a black stuff gown fitting closely round the throat pass muster for the first, and a gray frockcoat for the second.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various