wrapping gown

wrapping gown

English

Noun

wrapping gown (plural wrapping gowns)

1. (obsolete) A nightgown.
   • 1794, Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution, V.2:

     But she had been alarmed by the tumult […] and, throwing a wrapping-gown around her, ran, by a private passage, to the king's apartment, where she found the dauphin […] .

   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 1000392275, page 189:

     You are quite a stout gentleman to what you were last week, and, when your collar is properly adjusted, your hair brushed, and your wrapping gown, or even your frock coat does devoir aright, make a very tolerable appearance.