morning gown

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

So called because it is worn before one is dressed in the morning.

Noun[edit]

morning gown (plural morning gowns)

  1. (dated) A dressing gown.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
      He therefore crept out of bed, tho' not without great repugnance, and wrapping himself in his morning-gown, was supported down stairs, rubbing his eye, yawning fearfully, and grumbling all the way.
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