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| a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located; "the relations between town and gown are always sensitive" nightgown: lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women protective garment worn by surgeons during operations outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions dress in a gown wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn A gown (medieval Latin gunna) is a (usually) loose outer garment from knee- to full-length worn by men and women in Europe from the early Middle Ages to the seventeenth century (and continuing today in certain professions); later, gown was applied to any woman's garment consisting of a bodice ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gown The basic article of academic dress, the sleeves and back of the garment being pleated or gathered into a yoke. A gown may be worn open or closed in front and is of varying length. ... www.harcourts.com/academic-terms.html This article of clothing is made of a bodice and skirt sewn together at the waist. It fastens down the front with buttons, hooks and eyes, or ribbon ties. This is a style which is somewhat old-fashioned by 1620, and is more likely to be worn by older women. www.curriculumunits.com/crucible/projects/crucdicw.htm refers to the designated Curtin gown for the award being received. archive.handbook.curtin.edu.au/august2003/definitions.html Throughout the 18th century a woman's dress usually consisted of a gown and petticoat. The gown consisted of the bodice and skirt joined together, with the skirt open in the front to reveal the separate petticoat, which was an essential part of the dress and not an undergarment. ... www.history.org/history/clothing/women/wglossary.cfm |