hooverette

A simple housedress with robe-style sash and wrap front, worn especially in United States in the 1930s and 1940s, with one section overlapping another; when dirty, the overlap could be reversed so a clean section was on top again, reducing

The Hooverette can be worn as a dress or as an apron.

“I have so few opportunities to wear such a dress, that I thought I'd better take every one that offered.” “In Paris you would need such a frock every evening,” observed Lynnette admiringly. “I'd rather stay at home and wear Hooverettes […]”

Alternative letter-case form of Hooverette.

Cotton broadcloth hooverette gives double service by reversing the overlapping front

And over her dress she wore the hooverette. She didn't wear it for any hygienic purpose, only to protect her dress.