robe-de-chambre

[ rawb-duh-shahn-bruh ]

noun

, French.

, plural robes-de-cham·bre [r, awb-d, uh, -, shahn, -b, r, uh].

1. a dressing gown.

robe-de-chambre

/ rɔbdəʃɑ̃brə /

noun

1. a dressing gown or bathrobe

Example Sentences

It was past three o'clock; she jumped out of bed, and, merely in her slippers and her robe de chambre, descended to the library.

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A lady dressed in negligee robe de chambre of blue satin lies upon the sofa, propped up with pillows.

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Lifting the portire inside, she entered the sleeping-room, and found the robe de chambre hanging over the back of a chair.

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Young Vermoncey had just risen; he was dressed in a robe de chambre, and was lying back carelessly in a capacious easy-chair.

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Mercedes sat at the desk in her bedroom attired in a robe-de-chambre, and rapidly and feverishly wrote.

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