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English
Noun
sea gown (plural sea gowns)
- 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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.