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Definition of Ball gown
1. Noun. The most formal gown; worn to a ball.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ball Gown
Literary usage of Ball gown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"Most incongruous of all, she was dressed in an old, low-necked ball gown of blue
... The vision in the old blue ball gown had caused him to forget for a ..."
2. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"Oh, yes; I have my tarlatan gown; a woman can manufacture a ball-gown so easily!
Husband. And the hair-dresser isn't ordered. Wife. ..."
3. The Woman's Book: Dealing Practically with the Modern Conditions of Home (1894)
"... 50 One reception gown, high neck and long sleeves, 50 One dinner gown, low
neck and half sleeves, 50 One ball gown, chiffon and silk, . ..."
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