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In women's fashion, gown was used in English for any one-piece garment, but more often through the 18th century for an over garment worn with a petticoat called in French a robe. Compare this to the Short Gowns or Bedgowns of the later 18th Century.
Before the Victorian period, the word "Dress" usually...