bedjacket

bedjacket

See also: bed-jacket

English

Etymology

bed +‎ jacket

Noun

bedjacket (plural bedjackets)

1. A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1971, “Sham,” p. 77,

     She hauled the bed from her room out into the middle of the Studio before the open fire and lay there in state, done up in fancy bed-jackets, smoking innumerable cigarettes and entertaining anybody whom she could persuade to visit.

   • 1993, Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries, Toronto: Random House of Canada, Chapter 9, p. 331,

     Oh dear, dear!—you know you’re sick when someone sends you a bedjacket instead of bath powder or a nice travel book. A bedjacket is almost as antiquated as a bustle or a dress shield. A bedjacket speaks of desperation, and what it says is: toodle-oo.

Alternative forms

• bed-jacket

Translations

a short jacket worn when sitting up in bed

French: liseuse (fr) f Italian: liseuse f, giacchettino m, mantellina f, giacchetta f Swedish: lisös (sv) c, bäddjacka (sv) c, (please verify) bäddkofta ?, (please verify) läskofta ?