court dress

the formal costume required to be worn at a royal court on ceremonial and other occasions.

Origin of court dress

First recorded in 1690–1700

"Mr. Ashe says he will, if he may wear just court-dress," said the maid, smiling.

The Marriage of William Ashe |Mrs. Humphry Ward
After a proper delay, the king made his appearance in all the paraphernalia of African court-dress.

Captain Canot |Brantz Mayer
I put on my court-dress, and looked a perfect Lovelace in it.

Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay |George Otto Trevelyan
I was quite blue, and frozen in my court-dress and with bare neck.

Memoirs of the Empress Catherine II. |Catherine II, Empress of Russia

A little more and she would have ordered a court-dress of gold brocade.

Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau |Honore de Balzac

court dress

the formal clothing worn at court