the formal costume required to be worn at a royal court on ceremonial and other occasions
Word origin
[1690–1700]This word is first recorded in the period 1690–1700. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: additive, catamaran, foolscap, freshen, migrate
Examples of 'court dress' in a sentence
court dress
The problem has split judicial opinion on whether to adopt a more relaxed approach to court dress to allow lawyers to cool down.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
He declared clerks, the last wearers of hairpieces in the chamber, will also stop wearing court dress.
The Sun (2017)
Gowns remain sensibly to dignify the process but wigs extend the dignity of court dress too far in modern society.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It also involves archaic court dress.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
From now on, advocates will be able to 'dispense with any or all of the elements of traditional court dress'.