NIGHTSHIRT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nightshirt mean? 

• NIGHTSHIRT (noun)
  The noun NIGHTSHIRT has 1 sense:

1. nightclothes worn by men

  Familiarity information: NIGHTSHIRT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGHTSHIRT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nightclothes worn by men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nightshirt" is a kind of...):

nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear (garments designed to be worn in bed)

 Context examples 

He wore shoes, but no socks, and his open coat disclosed a nightshirt beneath it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was dressed in nightshirt and trousers, with his favourite blackthorn cudgel in his hand.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had evidently been in his bed when the alarm had broken out, for he wore a foppish, embroidered nightshirt, and his bare feet projected from his trousers.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)