bathwear

English

Etymology

From bath +‎ -wear.

Noun

bathwear (uncountable)

1. Clothing to be worn after bathing.
   • 1978, Peter Davison, Rolf Meyersohn, Edward Shils, editors, Literary Taste, Culture and Mass Communication, volume 9 (Uses of Literacy; Media), Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, Teaneck, N.J.: Somerset House, →ISBN, page 9/231:

     For the dedicated couple, there are match-mate sets of casual clothing ranging from terry cloth bathwear to warm-up shirts.

   • 2006, Olivia Birdsall, Notes on a Near-Life Experience, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 107:

     My father driving me to school in a bathrobe, like bathwear has suddenly come into fashion or something, that’s bizarre.

   • 2015, David Whitehouse, Mobile Library, Scribner, →ISBN, page 88:

     “I took him shopping,” Val said. “For bathwear?” he said, nodding toward Bobby who was still wrapped in a towel. “No, of course not for bathwear.” “But you have an interest in bathing my son?”