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Definition of "nightrail" [nightrail]

  • A nightgown. (noun)
  • A head-dress, apparently a kind of cap or veil, worn in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "nightrail" in a sentence
  • "Does it not look as if she would have been an useful creature in the days of nightrail and notableness, had she been a wife in good time?"
  • "Jack instantly panned his gaze over her, taking in the soft folds of her nightrail, the plaid shirt that sagged off her gently sloping shoulders … and the fall of her wealth of hair."
  • "The cloak was of the latest mode, very wide and open at the neck and shoulders, and beneath the mantle I caught more than a glimpse of the laced white nightrail and the fine sloping neck."