1782 29 Mar. (advt.) The greatest variety of Officers Fuseés, Dress Swords, Fowling Pieces, Pistols, [etc.].
1894 C. N. Robinson 509 Physicians and secretaries wore a dress sword with rapier blade.
2005 F. Baker in D. Link & J. Nagley v. 103 Don Giovanni might have worn an elegant dress sword.