Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nightgown.
- noun A head-dress, apparently a kind of cap or veil, worn in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Examples
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Does it not look as if she would have been an useful creature in the days of nightrail and notableness, had she been a wife in good time?
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Jack instantly panned his gaze over her, taking in the soft folds of her nightrail, the plaid shirt that sagged off her gently sloping shoulders … and the fall of her wealth of hair.
SEASONS OF GOLD STEF ANN HOLM 1992
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The cloak was of the latest mode, very wide and open at the neck and shoulders, and beneath the mantle I caught more than a glimpse of the laced white nightrail and the fine sloping neck.
A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912
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He made a sweeping bow that might have been impressive save for the nightrail, and sought my hand, which he grasped in a fold of the mosquito bar.
The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909
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He was not an imposing figure in his nightrail, and by the light of the carefully shaded candle he held in his hand I saw that he had hitherto deceived me in the matter of his calves.
The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909
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He made a sweeping bow that might have been impressive save for the nightrail, and sought my hand, which he grasped in a fold of the mosquito bar.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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He was not an imposing figure in his nightrail, and by the light of the carefully shaded candle he held in his hand I saw that he had hitherto deceived me in the matter of his calves.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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He was not an imposing figure in his nightrail, and by the light of the carefully shaded candle he held in his hand I saw that he had hitherto deceived me in the matter of his calves.
The Crossing 1904
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He made a sweeping bow that might have been impressive save for the nightrail, and sought my hand, which he grasped in a fold of the mosquito bar.
The Crossing 1904
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It must have been delirium, for the figure he saw wore an ordinary nightrail, whereas the lady of the legend wore a russet gown.
The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Edgar Jepson 1900
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