housecoat

[hous-koht]

noun

1. a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.

housecoat

/ ˈhaʊsˌkəʊt /

noun

1. a woman's loose robelike informal garment

Word History and Origins

Origin of housecoat¹

First recorded in 1915–20; house + coat

Example Sentences

Before I was in high school, when my friends asked why she wore stained dresses or took the bus in her housecoat.

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She and a friend now film skits for social media: they dress up as elderly women, in headscarves and housecoats, contorting their faces and cackling into the camera.

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She wore her flowing blue housecoat with the moonflower pattern, and she had her makeup on already.

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In a third, a terrorized woman in a housecoat is seen on a bed.

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"I only have the TV, the fridge and a lamp," she said, dressed in a flower-patterned housecoat.

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Related Words

• bathrobe 
• costume 
• dress 
• frock 
• garment 
• kimono 
• vestment