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Definition of Full dress
1. Noun. Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men.
Generic synonyms: Evening Clothes, Evening Dress, Eveningwear, Formalwear
Terms within: Morning Coat, Swallow-tailed Coat, Swallowtail
Definition of Full dress
1. Noun. Clothing for a formal occasion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Full Dress
Literary usage of Full dress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"CHARITY IN FULL-DRESS. THE culmination of Maggie's career as an admired member
of society in St. Ogg's was certainly the day of the bazaar, when her simple ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The Scottish judges have two sets of robes, one for Justiciary (ie the criminal
court), which is also their full dress, and one for civil causes (Court of ..."
3. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1904)
"First Sergeant of Infantry, in full-dress uniform. 14. ... Private of Cavalry,
full-dress uniform. 19. Sergeant of Artillery in full-dress uniform. 20. ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1848 Away for the Capitol—at what in Indiana we call a long lope—not in full
dress, by any means. Were a stranger to meet one of us on the way, ..."
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