vbl. sb. [f. UNDRESS v.] The action of taking off (one’s own or another’s) clothes.

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1677.  Miége, Fr. Dict., II. s.v., The Undressing of one.

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1741–3.  Wesley, Jrnl. (1749), 60. Our children were always put into a regular method of living,… as in dressing, undressing, changing their linen, etc.

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1789.  Gouv. Morris, Diary, 27 May. So we have the whole performance of undressing and dressing except the shift.

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1824.  Byron, Juan, XVI. xi. But next to dressing for a rout or ball, Undressing is a woe.

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1866.  Kingsley, Herew., xiv. The queen-countess’ chamber, where a solemn undressing of that royal lady … took place.

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  attrib.  1697.  Potter, Archæol. Græca, I. 40. The Undressing-room.

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1862.  E. Falkener, Ephesus, etc., I. iv. 93. The large room at the back might be the apodyterium, or undressing-room.

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