shortgown

English

Alternative forms

  • short-gown

Etymology

From short +‎ gown.

Noun

shortgown (plural shortgowns)

  1. (obsolete) A woman's bedgown consisting of a loose jacket with a skirt.
    • 1877 January, Marian C[alhoun] L[égaré] Reeves, Emily Read, “Old Martin Boscawen’s Jest”, in Arthur’s Illustrated Home Magazine, volume XLV, number 1, Philadelphia, Pa.: T[imothy] S[hay] Arthur & Son, →ISSN, →OCLC, chapter II, page 28, column 2:
      Leah is comely in the sunshine, Madelon thinks, with her freshly-colored, strongly-marked old Cornish face, framed by black hair just flecked with white, under the broad hat such as the fishwives wear; and the white touser, or quaint apron, gives a natty look to the shortgown.
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