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English
Noun
night-gown (plural night-gowns)
- 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , 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; […]