dressing gown

a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.

Origin of dressing gown

First recorded in 1770–80

Arrived at this point, he tried to draw the skirts of his dressing-gown over a pair of angular knees encased in threadbare felt.

Cousin Pons |Honore de Balzac
He flung on his dressing-gown, and ran out in the direction of the squire's room.

Robert Elsmere |Mrs. Humphry Ward
And when Mr. Losely, as usual, exchanges his coat for the dressing-gown, contrive to take out that pocket-book unobserved by him.

What Will He Do With It, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
He walked carefully across the room, took off his dressing-gown, and hung it over a chair.

The Duchess of Wrexe |Hugh Walpole

The fire had been carefully made up and his slippers and dressing-gown put to warm.

The Phantom Lover |Ruby M. Ayres

dressing gown

a full robe worn before dressing or for lounging