ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gownd

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Gownd is a noun meaning Archaic spelling of gowned.

Meaning

Archaic spelling of gowned.

More Meanings

  1. (dialectal, archaic) Nonstandard form of gown.

Example Sentences

“Cos,” says Jo with a perplexed stare but without being at all shaken in his certainty, “cos that there’s the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd. It is her and it an’t her. It an’t her hand, nor yet her rings, nor yet her woice. But that there’s the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd, and they're wore the same way wot she wore ’em, and it’s her height wot she wos, and she giv me a sov’ring and hooked it.”

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