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wrapping gown

wrapping gown noun: a nightgown.

Noun

wrapping gown (plural wrapping gowns)

  1. (obsolete) A nightgown.
    • But she had been alarmed by the tumult […] and, throwing a wrapping-gown around her, ran, by a private passage, to the king's apartment, where she found the dauphin […].1794, Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution, V.2
    • You are quite a stout gentleman to what you were last week, and, when your collar is properly adjusted, your hair brushed, and your wrapping gown, or even your frock coat does devoir aright, make a very tolerable appearance.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189

Forms of wrapping gown

pluralwrapping gowns

Questions about wrapping gown

What does wrapping gown mean?
Wrapping gown means a nightgown.
What part of speech is wrapping gown?
Wrapping gown is a noun.
What is the plural of wrapping gown?
The plural of wrapping gown is wrapping gowns.

Words near wrapping gown in the dictionary

  1. wrappers
  2. wrappest
  3. wrappeth
  4. wrapping
  5. wrapping around one's little finger
  6. wrapping gown
  7. wrapping gowns
  8. wrapping in cotton wool
  9. wrapping in the flag
  10. wrapping one's arms around
  11. wrapping one's brain around

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