dayrobe
UK/ˈdeɪ.ɹəʊb/US/ˈdeɪ.ɹoʊb/
dayrobe noun: a robe to be worn in the daytime.
Noun
dayrobe (plural dayrobes)
- A robe to be worn in the daytime.
- Cambric edging to adorn thy dayrobes & the prettiest little brush & comb for thy silken hair that were ever seen.1843 December 23 (date written), Sophia Hawthorne, “A Sophia Hawthorne Journal, 1843-1844”, in John J. McDonald, editor, compiled by C. E. Frazer Clark Jr., The Nathaniel Hawthorne Journal 1974...
- Just that burned-out woman wrapped primly in her dayrobe and the sound of her voice—[…]1981, Jonathan Valin, chapter 24, in Dead Letter, Dodd, Mead & Company, →ISBN, page 217
Examples of dayrobe in a sentence
- They lay down together, she in her negligee, he in his dayrobe, with his sword on.1986 October, Piers Anthony, “Princess” (chapter 3), in Wielding a Red Sword, Del Rey Books, →ISBN, page 40:
- He stood up and pulled on a dayrobe that glinted with silver-threaded embroidery around the hem and neckband.1987 January, Catherine Cooke, chapter 14, in Veil of Shadow, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 187:
Forms of dayrobe
| plural | dayrobes |
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Origin of dayrobe
From day + robe.
Questions about dayrobe
- What does dayrobe mean?
- Dayrobe means a robe to be worn in the daytime.
- How do you use dayrobe in a sentence?
- They lay down together, she in her negligee, he in his dayrobe, with his sword on.
- What part of speech is dayrobe?
- Dayrobe is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dayrobe?
- Dayrobe is pronounced /ˈdeɪ.ɹəʊb/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dayrobe?
- The plural of dayrobe is dayrobes.
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