night robe

American  

noun

1. nightgown.

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night robe British  

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): nightdress. a loose dress worn in bed by women

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Other Word Forms

• night-robed
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of night robe

First recorded in 1545–55

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Example Sentences

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night robe

My nurse takes my left arm, bunching the wide sleeves of my night robe, and ties a red string around my bicep.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

A figure in a long night robe appeared at the doorway.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

Having donned a long night robe, he turned off the gas, flung the sheets back, and leaped into bed.

From The Rover Boys at School by Edward Stratemeyer

The pamphlet lay on top of her gloves; she carried it to the window and, with her limbs trembling and sending ripples down her night robe, read it.

From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien

A fair-haired child, kneeling in a snow-white night robe, lisping its  evening prayer, was suggested to hundreds by the worshipful music.

From Praying for Money by Russell H. Conwell

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