battle dress


noun

military field uniform and accouterments, generally camouflaged and stripped of all ornamentation.

Origin of battle dress

First recorded in 1935–40

Example sentences from the Web for battledress

  • A dozen men in UN battledress came up and took them prisoner.

    Hunter Patrol |Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuire

British Dictionary definitions for battledress

battledress
/ (ˈbætəlˌdrɛs) /

noun

the ordinary uniform of a soldier, consisting of tunic and trousers