bedjacket

See also: bed-jacket

English

Etymology

From bed +‎ jacket.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bedjacket (plural bedjackets)

1. A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
   • 1944, Emily Carr, “Sham”, in The House of All Sorts‎^[1], Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., published 1971, page 77:

     She hauled the bed from her room out into the middle of the Studio before the open fire and lay there in state, done up in fancy bed-jackets, smoking innumerable cigarettes and entertaining anybody whom she could persuade to visit.

   • 1993, Carol Shields, chapter 9, in The Stone Diaries‎^[2], Toronto: Random House of Canada, page 331:

     Oh dear, dear!—you know you’re sick when someone sends you a bedjacket instead of bath powder or a nice travel book. A bedjacket is almost as antiquated as a bustle or a dress shield. A bedjacket speaks of desperation, and what it says is: toodle-oo.

Alternative forms

• bed-jacket

Derived terms

• bed-jacketed

Translations

a short jacket worn when sitting up in bed

• French: liseuse (fr) f
• Italian: liseuse f, giacchettino m, mantellina f, giacchetta f
• Swedish: lisös (sv) c, bäddjacka (sv) c, ^{(please verify)} bäddkofta ?, ^{(please verify)} läskofta ?