bedjacket
A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
Noun
- A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
- She hauled the bed from her room out into the middle of the Studio before the open fire and lay there in state, done up in fancy bed-jackets, smoking innumerable cigarettes and entertaining anybody whom she could...
- Oh dear, dear!—you know you’re sick when someone sends you a bedjacket instead of bath powder or a nice travel book. A bedjacket is almost as antiquated as a bustle or a dress shield. A bedjacket speaks of desperation,...
Origin
From bed + jacket.