(overdress)
31Dizened — Dizen Diz en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizening}.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. {Distaff}.] 1.… …
32Dizening — Dizen Diz en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizening}.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. {Distaff}.] 1.… …
33polonaise — noun Etymology: French, from feminine of polonais Polish, from Pologne Poland, from Medieval Latin Polonia Date: 1773 1. an elaborate short sleeved overdress with a fitted waist and a draped cutaway overskirt 2. a. a stately Polish processional… …
341820s in fashion — thumb|right|200px|Shopping in Paris, 1822: The woman wears a demure bonnet, a shawl, and gloves over her dress. The man wears a top hat, long coat, tall collar, and striped trousers with straps under his shoes. 1822.During the 1820s in European… …
35Tattercoats — is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his More English Fairy Tales . [Joseph Jacobs More English Fairy Tales , [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/jacobs/moreenglish/tattercoats.html Tattercoats ] ] It is Aarne Thompson… …
361920s in fashion — The 1920s was the decade in which fashion entered the modern era. It was the decade in which women first liberated themselves from constricting fashions and began to wear more comfortable clothes (such as short skirts or pants). Men likewise… …
37cage — cageless, adj. cagelike, adj. /kayj/, n., v., caged, caging. n. 1. a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals. 2. anything that confines or imprisons; prison. 3. something resembling a cage… …
38mantua — /man chooh euh/, n. 1. a woman s loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century. 2. a mantle. [1670 80; var. of MANTEAU, by assoc. with MANTUA] * * * ▪ Italy Italian Mantova city, Lombardia ( Lombardy) regione, northern… …
39pinafore — noun /ˈpɪ.nəˌfɔɹ/ A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes. Most often worn by young girls as an overdress. See Also: pinny …
40underdress — verb a) To dress in insufficiently warm clothes. b) To dress in insufficiently formal clothes. Ant: overdress …
