housecoat

See also: house-coat

English

Alternative forms

• house-coat

Etymology

house +‎ coat

Noun

housecoat (plural housecoats)

1. (Canada, US) A bathrobe or dressing gown.
2. (Australia) A longish dress-like garment of one piece, fastening down the front, worn about the house.
   • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:

     Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.