ˈnight-shirt
[f. night n. + shirt n.]
A shirt or loose garment worn by boys or men when in bed.
| 1857 Hughes Tom Brown i. iii, One of the ushers..caught the performer in his night-shirt. 1860 All Year Round No. 73. 543 The fetch or double of a man lying in his night-shirt in bed. 1891 Spectator 3 Jan. 3/2 One man was denuded of his night-shirt. |
Hence ˈnight-shirted a.
| 1893 ‘B. Abbotsford’ But 5 To run bang against two night-shirted little items. |