n. A long outer garment for women, usually sheer and made of chiffon and often sold with matching nightgown, negligee or underwear.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A woman's loose dressing sack; hence, a loose morning gown or wrapper.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A loose dressing-sack worn by women, usually of washable material; by extension, a woman's dressing-gown or morning-gown; a wrapper.
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n. a loose dressing gown for women
Word Usage
"I believe the thing was called a peignoir; or possibly it was a negligee, since it certainly was negligible as far as the amount of fabric used in its construction was concerned."