‖ peignoir
(pɛɲwar)
[F., in 16th c. peignouoir (in Hatz.-Darm.), f. peigner to comb.]
A loose dressing-gown worn by women while their hair is being combed; a kind of linen or flannel gown put on on coming out of a bath; misapplied to a woman's morning-gown.
| 1835 Court Mag. VI. p. xxii/1 Pelisse robes, or peignoirs of light materials..are now universally adopted in promenade dress. 1837 Thackeray Ravenswing i, I shall have on my peignoir. 1880 R. Broughton Sec. Th. ii. x, Coolly wrapped in a white peignoir by her window. |
| Comb. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. i. 12 The last bathers, peignoir-enwrapped, were sauntering up from the edge of the sea. |