Crossword clues for nightgown
nightgown
- Sleepwear by Lanz
- Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
- Close to evening, donning tailored thing, have this?
- Something worn for going out, good in nearby shopping centre
- Near an urban area covering source of gold that might do for retirement
- Loose robe dressing government leader in municipality just around the corner?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A garment mainly worn by women for sleeping in.
WordNet
n. lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women [syn: nightie, night-robe, nightdress]
Wikipedia
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A nightgown, nightie or nightdress is a loosely hanging item of nightwear, today almost exclusively worn by women. A nightgown is made from cotton, silk, satin, or nylon and may be decorated with lace appliqués or embroidery at the bust and hem.
A nightgown may have any neckline, and may have sleeves of any type, or be sleeveless, and any shoulder strap or back style. The length of a nightgown may vary from hip-length to floor-length. A short nightgown can be called a "shortie" or a " babydoll", depending on the style. The sweep (taper from top to bottom) of the night gown can vary from virtually straight, to full circle sweep, like the Olga gown pictured below. A slip nightgown may be used as a nightgown or as a full slip. Nightgowns may be worn with a matching outer garment, a robe, sheer chiffon peignoir or dressing gown, to make them appropriate for receiving guests.
Usage examples of "nightgown".
Warm as toast in her flannel nightgown in her pretty white-rattan bed beneath the hand-knit quilt Corinne had found in a Chautauqua Falls secondhand shop.
Chastity could see, Cyn purchased a nightgown, a lace-trimmed chemise, two pairs of cotton stockings, and garters threaded with pink ribbon.
Here was himself in absurd green-striped nightshirt here was Miranda in white lace-trimmed nightgown once belonging to a daughter of Doctor Fearnaught here was utter engulfing blackness where people could speak from their hearts.
The nightgown garrote had been tightened so cruelly that it had left deep grooves in her flesh.
Wearing a white, gauzelike nightgown, she sat in a chair near the window, gazing across a still green, stormy Lake Washington.
Robin held up the elaborately patterned nightgown Hautbois had laid out for her.
She was wearing a nightgown hitched up above her knees, wide-spread thighs supporting a lapboard and pad upon which she was writing intently.
The salesgirl, very sexily dressed and made up, just smiled as Minni showed me crotchless panties, bras with holes for the nipples to show through, filmy nightgowns, garters, patterned nylons, very short tight skirts only about 10-inches from waist to hem, see-through blouses, and all sorts of other stuff.
She opens her prepacked suitcase, feeling among nightgown and slippers for her worry beads.
Twenty minutes later she emerged from the bathroom clad in her primmest nightgown.
The sleepiest boy in the world would get up in his red flannel nightgown to see such a fire lighted, even if he dropped to sleep again in his chair before the ruddy blaze.
Carter smacked her full, round bottom through her ivory satin nightgown.
Yet she had thought to wear her thickest nightgown, and her feet were slippered in moleskin.
In the halls, they encountered other curious passengers, like themselves, people in nightgowns and fur coats, still in white tie and ballgowns, or bathrobes and bare legs.
Desdemona was in a pale white nightgown, the bedcovers pulled up to her waist, and in her lap sat one of her Turkish atrocity fans.