The costume worn by those who attend at Court, and on other state occasions.
1797. W. Tooke, Cath. II. (1800), II. 370. The Court-dress for the men was a coat à la française.
1834. Medwin, Angler in Wales, I. 6. Why, he goes angling … in a court-dress, bag-wig, and ruffles.
1881. Truth, 19 May, 686/2. The Queen of the Belgians’ court-dress on the occasion of her visit to Vienna for her daughter’s marriage.
So † Court-dresser.
c. 1698. Locke, Cond. Underst. § 33. Such arts of giving colours, appearances and resemblances by this court-dresser, the fancy.
