Definition of Dress circle

1. Noun. A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra. "They had excellent seats in the dress circle"

Exact synonyms: Circle
Generic synonyms: Seating, Seating Area, Seating Room, Seats
Group relationships: House, Theater, Theatre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dress Circle

drent
drepanidium
drepanocyte
drepanocytic
drepanocytic anaemia
drepanocytic anemia
drere
dreres
dreshel
dreshels
dress'd
dress-down Friday
dress-up party
dress blues
dress circle (current term)
dress coat
dress coats
dress code
dress codes
dress down
dress form
dress hanger
dress hat
dress out
dress rack
dress rehearsal
dress rehearsals
dress shield
dress shields

Literary usage of Dress circle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Stalls 10s. éd., dress circle 7s. 6d. and 6s., family circle 5s. and 4s., pit 2s. ... 6d., dress circle 7s. Qd. and 5s., upper circle 4s. and 3s., pit 2s. ..."

2. A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs by Ward, Lock and Company, ltd (1907)
"6d.; dress circle, 55. to 73. 6d.; upper circle, 53. and 45. Comic opera Stalls, los. ... 6d.; dress circle, 73. 6d. and 6s.; upper Comic opera Stalls, los. ..."

3. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"All the seats in the dress circle will be chairs, and the utmost care has been taken ... Beneath the dress circle are arranged the boxes— a somewhat novel ..."

4. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1899)
"That of the said five private boxes in the dress circle, and of the said five private ... the circle immediately over the dress circle, the said defendant, ..."

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