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What (who) is NIGHTSHIRT - definition

SHIRTLIKE GARMENT INTENDED FOR WEAR WHILE SLEEPING MOST OFTEN USED BY WOMEN

nightshirt

(nightshirts)

A nightshirt is a long, loose shirt worn in bed.

N-COUNT

nightshirt

¦ noun a long, loose shirt worn in bed.

Nightshirt

·noun A kind of nightgown for men.

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Nightshirt

A nightshirt is a garment intended for wear while sleeping, often with a nightcap. It is longer than most regular shirts, reaching down below the knees, leaving some of the legs uncovered. It is often referred to as a nightgown for men, but nowadays, nightshirts are an optional sleepwear for women too.

In the US, it also sometimes means a shirt, slightly longer than a regular shirt, reaching down to the thighs, worn as loungewear and nightwear. Traditional nightshirts are used just for nightwear, removed and stored away for next use upon waking. This other, non-traditional type is worn with pajama bottoms.

Until the 16th century men slept naked or in a day-shirt. Nobles in the 16th century then wore embroidered shirts or "wrought night-shirts". By the 19th century the night-shirt resembled a day-shirt with a loose, turned-down collar and similar length as a nightgown. In those days, nightshirts were often made of ruined or very cheap fabric, however, most nightshirts are now made with normal cloth to fit the sleeping purpose.

And just like nightgowns, it is recommended to wear a robe or a dressing gown over them when expecting guests.

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Examples of use of NIGHTSHIRT

1. Or was it my garish nightshirt with Tweetie Pie emblazoned on it?" A parable of our time.

2. So Chelouche, who sported a long white beard, wrapped a tallit over his floor–length white nightshirt and lugged the scroll up to the second story of his home.

3. The maneuver was denounced in contemporary newspaper accounts as cowardly and inspired a political cartoon that showed the president–elect furtively peeking out of a freight car, wearing a nightshirt.

4. Saturday August 12, 2006 1:46 AM AP Photo ABC501 BY KATHY GANNON Associated Press Writer TYRE, Lebanon (AP) – After hours of digging in the blistering heat, Salam Daher emerged from the wreckage with the body of a '–month–old baby, a blue pacifier still pinned to its nightshirt.

5. The Klan and the Nazis were the same people, ‘whether‘, as he put it rather well, ‘dressed in a brown short or a nightshirt‘. «His reason made him argue against prohibition, his character made him profoundly meritocratic, willing to look beyond the colour or class or creed of a person. «He saw this as the essence of what it meant to be American, and in doing so came to accept the light and spirit and soul of this great country. «It‘s not a bad story to guide us through the times in which we live today." ––––––– «Thank you for your kind words about Northern Ireland.