From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Clothes, Nurses, doctors, etc, Medicinegowngown /ɡaʊn/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun [countable]1DCCa long dress that a woman wears on formaloccasionswedding/evening/ball gowna white silk wedding gown2DCCMNa long loose piece of clothing worn for special ceremonies by judges, teachers, lawyers, and members of universitiesSYN robe3DCCMa long loose piece of clothing worn in a hospital by someone doing or having an operationa hospital gown →dressing gownExamples from the Corpusgown• The catalog will include roughly 50 gowns priced from $ 1,100 to $ 2,800.• In Lewis's day, some formality was added to the proceedings by the undergraduate's wearing a gown.• She swung her legs out of bed and reached for her dressing gown.• She'd travelled light today; she'd packed no dressing gown.• a silk evening gown• She flinched once, then started to obey, unfastening the ties at the neck of her gown with shakingfingers.• Her gown was long, emphasising her slenderfigure, and starkly black.• She was wearing a long white gown, her hairhanging down, like a crazy woman.wedding/evening/ball gown• You are born again, said the woman who had given me my wedding gown.• After the rehearsal the sound engineer gave me a battery pack and microphone to attach to my evening gown.• She wore a yellowtaffetaball gown with black pumps and matchingbumbag for her livertreats!• She was wearing a tangerineevening gown and matching gloves that didn't.• The evening gown hung strangely on her one-legged pirate's body.• In 1935 a Valentina evening gown in palegray silk bared the shoulders and dropped to mid-back, exposing the spine.• Jan Stafford and Maxine Kincora came in traditional white wedding gowns, lace and veils.Origingown(1300-1400)Old Frenchgoune, from Late Latingunna