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stuff gown

noun

  1. a woollen gown worn by a barrister who has not taken silk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

At thirty-seven he had been sitting in a stuff gown on a back bench in the Court of King's Bench.

And she drew her short, blue-stuff gown back from Bobby's grateful attentions.

Her thick stuff gown, her untidy skirt, and pitifully cheap little hat—he looked them all over mercilessly.

They do not consider a hat or a stuff gown necessary, for they are not in the least ashamed of being servants.

Once he bought her a stuff gown, which she came near ruining by weeping over it, it was such a delight.

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