daygownとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈdeɪ.ɡaʊn/

名詞

daygown (plural daygowns)

1. A daydress; a long loose robe designed to be worn during the day, usually by women.
   • 1887 January 15, “Diana's Diamonds”, in The London Reader, volume XLVIII, number 1237, Chapter XLVI, page 275, column 1:

     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.

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

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

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

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

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

     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.

参考

• nightgown