powdering gown

plural powdering gowns

1. historicalA loose dressing gown worn while the hair or wig was being powdered.First known use 18th c.

   My beloved Mr Lock, in his powdering Gown, and half shaved, followed, to congratulate me […].

   1802, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 423

   2 more examples

   […] I took only my coat off, and wrapping myſelf in a flannel powdering gown, I threw myſelf on the embroidered counterpane, and ſoon after ſunk into forgetfulneſs.

   1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter XI. To Mr. Desmond.”, in Desmond. […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 216

   I think I now ſee him lolling in an arm-chair, in a dirty powdering gown, ſoiled linen, ungartered ſtockings, and tangled hair, yawning and ſtretching himſelf.

   1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter IX, page 14