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

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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

Now, when the whole household was wrapped in silence, and the lamps extinguished, and I sat in my night robe in the recess of the window, she came and sat down beside me.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

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 Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

His night robe fluttered behind as he ran.

From When Egypt Went Broke by Holman Day