academic dress
noun
The traditional dress of students, graduates, or officials of a university or college, usually including a cap and gown, and for graduates a hood, now mainly worn on formal or ceremonial occasions.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in The Monthly Review.
- off-switch
- off-tackle
- offtake
- off target
- off the ball
- off the beaten track
- off the beaten track (or path)
- off the bit (or bridle)
- off the boat
- off-the-course
- off the cuff
- off-the-face
- off the grid
- off the grog
- off the hook
- off-the-job
- off the map
- off the pace
- off the peg
- off-the-plan
- off the rack
- off the record
- off-the-road
- off the scale
- off the shelf