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GOWN

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 301 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GOA-GRA
GOWN , properly the
term
  for a loose outer garment formerly worn by either sex but now generally for that worn by
women
 . While " dress " is the usual
English
  word, except in such combinations as " tea-gown," " dressing-gown " and the like, where the
original
  loose flowing nature of the " gown " is referred to, " gown " is the common American word. " Gown " comes from the O. Fr. goune or Bonne. The word appears in various Romanic
languages
 , cf. Ital. gonna. The
medieval
  Lat. gunna is used of a garment of skin or fur. A Celtic origin has been usually adopted, but the Irish, Gaelic and Manx words are taken from the
English
 . Outside the
ordinary
  use of the word, " gown " is the name for the distinctive
robes
  worn by holders of particular offices or by members of particular professions or of
universities
 , &c. (see
RoBEs
 ).


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