‖ robe de chambre
(rɔb də ʃɑ̃br)
Also 8 -chamber.
[F.; see robe n.1 and chamber n.]
A dressing-gown or négligé robe.
| 1731 Gentl. Mag. I. 321 Instead of which [knowledge], we have brought home the French Coifure, the Robe de Chambre of the Women, and Toupé and Solitaire of the Men. 1732 Lond. Mag. Oct. 351/1 Her Lady Aunt was dress'd in a Robe de chambre. 1824 Byron Juan xvi. xi, Our robe de chambre May sit like that of Nessus. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xxiv, Pointing to the spot of his robe de chambre under which his heart was still feebly beating. 1893 Pioneer of Fashion I. iv, A particular study has been made of our robes de chambre. |
| attrib. 1746 Francis tr. Horace, Sat. i. ii. 38 That Youth..All but a robe-de-chamber Dame disdains. |