'Dressing gown' definitions:

Definition of 'dressing gown'

noun

A robe worn before dressing or while lounging [syn: dressing gown, robe-de-chambre, lounging robe]

From: GCIDE

Dressing \Dress"ing\, n.
1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover a sore or wound. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. [1913 Webster]
4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for eating; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat. [1913 Webster]
5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. [1913 Webster]
6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. [1913 Webster]
7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Dressing case, a case of toilet utensils.
Dressing forceps, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds.
Dressing gown, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown.
Dressing room, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet.
Top-dressing, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil. [1913 Webster]