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sea gown en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
    • Up from my cabin, My sea-gown scarf'd about me c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
    • My Guide carried my Sea-Gown, which was my covering in the night, and my Pillow was a Log of Wood 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC:

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