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semi-evening dress
semi-evening dress n. 
/ˌsɛmiˈiv(ə)nɪŋ ˌdrɛs/
Brit. /ˌsɛmɪˈiːvnɪŋ drɛs/
, /ˌsɛmɪˈiːvnɪŋ drɛs/U.S. /ˌsɛˌmaɪˈiv(ə)nɪŋ ˌdrɛs/
, /ˌsɛˌmaɪˈiv(ə)nɪŋ ˌdrɛs//ˌsɛmiˈiv(ə)nɪŋ ˌdrɛs/ΚΠ
1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay x. 156 For semi-evening dress, shell rims with gold ear~pieces.
1923 B. Ruck Dancing Star i. vi. 117 Ripple's frock was the kind of garment dear to the compromise-loving British heart. It was ‘a semi-evening’, which, to a purist, means that the dress is appropriate neither to evening or afternoon.
1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart i. ix. 155 She asked me to come to Peter Jones's with her to help her choose a semi-evening dress.
a1976 A. Christie Autobiogr. (1977) iii. iv. 155 I had a pale grey crêpe de Chine semi-evening dress.
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