Meaning of green gown | Babel Free

Definitions

A dress that has been stained green from rolling in the grass; generally with allusion to sexual activity, especially a woman's loss of virginity.

archaic, historical

Examples

“Oh, a morning to tempt Ioue frõ his Ningle Ganimed, vvhich is but to giue Dary VVenches greene govvnes as they are going a milking; […]”

“Sometimes they lie⟳ open⟳ and are most tractable and coming, apt, yielding, and willing to embrace, to take⟳ a green gown, with that shepherdess in Theocritus, Idyll. 27, to let⟳ their coats, etc. […]”

“Who first gave our SALLY a Green-Gown is uncertain, but it is reported by many […] that upon being admitted an Honorary Member of Mrs. Wisebourn's Academy, she was, (tho' very indifferently) arrayed in that Colour […]”

“The boy […] flung himself upon Juliet, with all his force⟳; protesting that he would give⟳ her a green gown.”

CEFR level