1. a long elegant dress worn on formal occasions: "a silk ball gown"
▪ a dressing gown.
▪ a protective garment worn in hospital, either by a staff member during surgery or by a patient.
▪ a loose cloak indicating one's profession or status, worn by a lawyer, teacher, academic, or university student.
▪ the members of a university as distinct from the permanent residents of the university town.
verb
1. be dressed in a gown: "she was gowned in luminous silk"
▪ put on a surgical gown:"the lab is supposed to be sterile, so you have to gown up"
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French goune, from late Latin gunna ‘fur garment’; probably related to Byzantine Greek gouna ‘fur, fur-lined garment’.
