单词 | veil-dress |
释义 | > as lemmasveil-dress veil-dress (a) a dress made from light, gauzy, or netted material; (b) a long, loose garment worn to cover the whole body from head to feet. ΚΠ 1808 Morning Post 3 May Silk Stockings and Veil Dresses, he also insures by his method of cleaning them, that they will last a great number of years. 1876 A. Edersheim Sketches Jewish Social Life Days of Christ xiii. 217 The veil-dress was a kind of mantilla, thrown gracefully about the whole person, and covering the head. 1933 H. Lamb in Collier's 11 Nov. 52/3 Over her garments she drew a plain dark veil-dress. 2002 Frontiers 23 94 The suited man's giant heavy boot rips through the bride's transparent veil-dress. < as lemmas |
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