dressing-gown

See also: dressing gown

English

Noun

dressing-gown (plural dressing-gowns)

1. Alternative spelling of dressing gown
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Late Breakfast”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 72:

     Ensconced, each in a large fauteuil, wrapped in loose, white dressing-gowns, the hair only gathered with a single riband, sat the two friends.

   • 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter XVIII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 311:

     He slept so long, he looked so deathlike, that Martin made up his mind as he came from time to time in his dressing-gown to look at him, that he would be spared that interview.

   • 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 22–23:

     Thus secured against surprise, he took off his cravat; put on his dressing-gown and slippers, and his night-cap; and sat down before the fire to take his gruel.