gown
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1. gown - Noun
2. gown - Verb
Meaning
A loose, flowing upper garment
The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown.
The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military.
A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
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the relations between town and gown are always sensitive
Abbey also took time out to pose on her own in a split thigh green gown showing off her perfect pins.
A book signifying knowledge, balances on her lap, and an owl, the attribute of wisdom, is hidden in the folds of her gown.
A corresponding illustration (below right) shows the character wearing not only a holly wreath but also a gown with a hood.
After a patient arrives at a thermographic laboratory, he or she is allowed to reach thermal equilibrium in a 16–20 °C, draft-free, steady-state room wearing a loose fitting cotton hospital gown for approximately twenty minutes.
A gathered gown in camouflage green had sweeping panels of gathered fabric at the skirt that evoked a goddess in the wind.