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Definition of Dressing sacque
1. Noun. A woman's loose jacket; worn while dressing.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dressing Sacque
Literary usage of Dressing sacque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shelter and Clothing: A Textbook of the Household Arts by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1913)
"Place sleeves in position and sew as for dressing sacque. ... 5. Describe the
placing of the sleeve for a nightgown or dressing sacque. ..."
2. Carthage and Tunis: The Old and New Gates of the Orient by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1906)
"An old Jewish lady, who was wearing her gold fool's-cap and had on a light-blue
dressing-sacque and riding-breeches, looked quite natural. ..."
3. Fires of St. John by Hermann Sudermann (1904)
"I have also brought my dressing-sacque and combs. Now we will excuse you for a
little while, George dear. You can give your judgment later. G EORGE. ..."
4. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"... now term a dressing-sacque, and doubtless was comfortable in hot weather.
I cannot understand why such a very shapeless and meaningless dress could ever ..."
5. The Drygoodsman's Handy Dictionary by Frank Manning Adams (1912)
"Dressing Gown.—A loose gown worn by women previous to dressing. Also applied to
a loose long coat worn by professional men in private. dressing sacque. ..."
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