Robelike

The robelike costume that Cary DeYoung wore was made of 100 percent polyester and had a label that warned to "keep away from fire," but that can be tough to do when kids crowd onto stoops and into small entryways decorated with candles and jack-o'-lanterns. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He spun around the Lord Ruler, reaching up to grab the back of the emperor's black, robelike suit. ❋ Sanderson_Brandon (2006)

She just showed up on my doorstep this morning in her African WASP best—cornrowed and beaded hair growing halfway down her back, bright African robelike clothing, huge beaded jewelry swinging off her every limb. ❋ Jen Sincero (2002)

We were all dressed in flowing, robelike clothes that matched the colors of the desert around us. ❋ Jen Sincero (2002)

IN THE IRANIAN seaside city of Bandar Abbas an elderly man shuffled down a dusty street in his dirty white djellaba, a simple robelike garment that flowed from his shoulders to his ankles. ❋ Vince Flynn (1999)

It's still a pretty good idea, which would partly explain why Karen Post said she went shopping not long ago for an abaya, the robelike dress worn by some Muslim women. ❋ By JOE SHARKEY (2011)

He strides the street carrying a staff and dressed in a robelike garment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Called "Soundsuits" because of the clatter the original prototype -- a costume adorned with vast bundles of sticks -- made while worn in an early performance, Cave's subsequent suits were embellished and displayed as fine art; those in the 2005 "Frequency" exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem were robelike and endowed with outsize headgear resembling face-obscuring pope miters or KKK hoods sans eyeholes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(robelike garment with hood), kaftans, Moroccan carpets and basketry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“I’ll never forget the sight of her hurrying up to the stage where the faculty met for chapel in her flowing, robelike gown,” recalled Mattie. ❋ Laurie Lisle (1986)