A dress stained green from rolling in grass. Chiefly in "to give a woman a green gown": to engage in amorous play with a woman; (euphemism) to deflower, deprive a woman of her virginity.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Philip Sidney (1554–1586), author and courtier. From green + gown.
Definition of green gown in US English:
green gown
nounˌɡriːn ˈɡaʊn
historical, archaic
A dress stained green from rolling in grass. Chiefly in "to give a woman a green gown": to engage in amorous play with a woman; (euphemism) to deflower, deprive a woman of her virginity.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Philip Sidney (1554–1586), author and courtier. From green + gown.