What does wrapping gown mean?

wrapping gown

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

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"But she had been alarmed by the tumult […] and, throwing a wrapping-gown around her, ran, by a private passage, to the king's apartment, where she found the dauphin […]."
"You are quite a stout gentleman to what you were last week, and, when your collar is properly adjusted, your hair brushed, and your wrapping gown, or even your frock coat does devoir aright, make a very tolerable appearance."

wrapping gowns (plural)

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