court-dress

And when day-break dawned and the star of morn appeared in sheen and shone, he broke up the sitting and, dismissing the youths, donned his court-dress and leaving his house set out for the palace of the

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Agelastes found the Emperor sedulously arranging his most splendid court-dress; for, as in the court of Pekin, the change of ceremonial attire was a great part of the ritual observed at Constantinople.

Count Robert of Paris 2008

Her clustering ringlets, her shining white shoulders, her splendid raiment (I believe indeed it was her court-dress which the young lady assumed) astonished all beholders.

The Newcomes 2006

Haste, my friends, apparel yourselves in the court-dress of death.

The Last Man 2003

All the attendants (as if in court-dress) wore swords, and as each man crawled into his carriage they drew them, and saluted with

The Man Who Was Thursday Gilbert Keith 2003

Lauengram was a dapper little gentleman in court-dress, with a thin, impassive face and a bird-like eye.

Royal Flash Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1970

I have seen a clergyman of the Church of England make his academical robes do duty as a court-dress, as indeed they properly do at St. James.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 Various

On the night of New Year's Day, on which there was always a ball at the Pitti, all those who attended it were expected to appear in proper court-dress.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 Various

She kept me talking to her longer than I had expected (or hoped for), and I began to see significant glances exchanged, while my color was steadily rising; and I was sure mademoiselle (if she looked at me at all), noting my shining curls, as yellow as the gold lace on my white satin court-dress, and my cheeks flaming like any girl's, was saying to herself with infinite scorn, "Pretty boy!"

The Rose of Old St. Louis Mary Dillon

Those who could lay claim to no official costume of any sort had to fall back on the old court-dress of the period of George I., still worn, oddly enough, at the English court.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 Various