loose+gown
71Mother Hubbard — /hub euhrd/ 1. a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women. 2. a character in a nursery rhyme. * * * …
72banian — noun a) An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. b) A type of loose gown worn in India …
73mantle — [13] Mantle comes via Old French mantel from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’, a word of uncertain (possibly Celtic) origin. Related forms to find their way into English from other languages include mantilla [18] (a Spanish diminutive of manta ‘cape’,… …
74mantua — loose gown worn by women 17c. 18c., 1670s, from Fr. manteau cloak, mantle, from O.Fr. mantel (see MANTLE (Cf. mantle)); form influenced in English by Mantua, name of a city in Italy. Mantua maker (1690s) became the general early 19c. term for… …
75kirtle — n. loose gown worn by women in the Middle Ages …
76kirtles — n. loose gown worn by women in the Middle Ages …
77mantua — [ mantjʊə] noun a woman s loose gown of a kind fashionable during the 17th and 18th centuries. Origin alt. of Fr. manteau, influenced by the name of the Italian town Mantua …
78Cowl — long pointed toes on hose, sometimes fastened with chains to the garters, forerunner to poulaines. a loose gown with hanging sleeves and a hood, worn by Benedictine and other monks …
79dower — vb Dower, endow, endue are comparable when meaning to furnish or provide with a gift. Dower specifically denotes the provision of the dowry which a woman brings to a husband in marriage {a well dowered bride} It may also imply the bestowal of a… …
80kirtle — kir•tle [[t]ˈkɜr tl[/t]] n. 1) clo a woman s loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages 2) clo archaic a man s tunic or coat • Etymology: bef. 900; OE cyrtel, appar. der. of cyrt(an) to shorten (« L curtus shortened) kir′tled, adj …
