bed jacket

American  

noun

1. a short jacket worn, usually by a woman, over a nightgown or pajamas, especially while sitting up in bed.

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bed jacket British  

noun

1. a woman's short upper garment worn over a nightgown when sitting up in bed

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Etymology

Origin of bed jacket

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Mr. Tocco spends much of the play in an ensemble consisting of boxer shorts and a lavender polka dot garment that looks like a ladies’ bed jacket.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2012

His 14-year-old daughter Gail got out of bed, put on a bed jacket and started downstairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

One student marcher confessed that his crim son Cossack coat was really a girl's bed jacket, and one of his medals was a high-school prize for oratory.

From Time Magazine Archive

And there, sitting up in bed in a rose-pink bed jacket, was Lady Constance.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Already the other women with her, the blonde in the short pink bed jacket with the tatty fur trim, has been appropriated, has entered the glass elevator, has ascended out of sight.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood