Obs. [f. WRAPPING vbl. sb. 3 b + GOWN sb.] A night-gown.
1709. S. Wesley, in ‘Q’ (Quiller-Couch), Hetty Wesley (1903), II. viii. 72. She had nothing on but her shoes and a wrapping-gown.
1709. Steele, Tatler, No. 139, ¶ 7. She rush’d out of bed in her wrapping gown, and consulted her glass.
1777. Sheridan, Trip Scarb., I. ii. I shall never be reconciled to this nauseous wrapping-gown.
1809. Malkin, Gil Blas, VII. x. ¶ 5. What was my surprise at meeting him in his wrapping-gown and night-cap.
1827. Scott, Chron. Canongate, i. The wide wrapping-gown and night-cap.
1877. Miss Yonge, Cameos, III. i. 8. The King … was soon standing before the fire in his wrapping-gown.
