daygown

plural daygowns

1. A daydress; a long loose robe designed to be worn during the day, usually by women.

   Bridget puckered up her face and cried as her arms were deftly taken out of the sleeves of her daygown.

   1911, Hugh de Sélincourt, chapter I, in A Fair House, London; New York: John Lane Company, page 13

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   Do you think, ma’am, there is any lady you know that has one or two castoff flannels, or a daygown, or a little hood they would give me.

   1887 January 15, “Diana's Diamonds”, in The London Reader, volume XLVIII, number 1237, Chapter XLVI, page 275, column 1

   None of these goods are quite so sheer as the Organdy, and are therefore especially suitable for a cool summer daygown.

   1897 April 3, The Literary Digest, volume XIV, number 22, page 688, column 1

   It was all different now; Agatha, stitching a thousand tucks into one ridiculous nightgown, or implanting wonderful embroidery into the corners of a flannel daygown, thought of few things besides children.

   1919, C. S. Forester, chapter 5, in Brown On Resolution, Penguin Books, page 35