night-gown

See also: nightgown

English

Noun

night-gown (plural night-gowns)

1. Archaic form of nightgown.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 148, column 1:

     Since his Maieſty went into the Field, I haue ſeene her riſe from her bed, throw her Night-Gown vpon her, vnlocke her Cloſſet, take foorth paper, folde it, write vpon’t, read it, afterwards Seale it, and againe returne to bed; […]

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Assignation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 250–251:

     She had taken off her velvet robe, and was carelessly wrapped in a white silk night-gown, fastened with violet ribands.

   • 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter VIII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 183:

     She was prepared for the night, her sleeping-apparel being covered by a green satin night-gown, as it was called; […]