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

Etymology

Origin of night robe

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

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

Her night robe lay on the marble grey, And the cold sea-maiden was gone.

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George

He swung his symmetrical body to the bed's edge, dropped lightly to the carpet, unloosed his night robe, and stretched himself.

From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Then, clad only in his night robe and his little slippers, he ran down the steps, crying: "Don't be impatient, Roland; here I am."

From The Companions of Jehu by Dumas père, Alexandre