sea gown

English

Noun

sea gown (plural sea gowns)

1. A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
   • 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC:

     My Guide carried my Sea-Gown, which was my covering in the night, and my Pillow was a Log of Wood

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     Up from my cabin,
     My sea-gown scarf'd about me

References

“sea gown”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.