Definition of Bathing costume

1. Noun. Tight fitting garment worn for swimming.


Definition of Bathing costume

1. Noun. (chiefly British rather dated) The clothes that one wears when bathing in the sea or a swimming pool; a swimming costume, bathing suit, swimming trunks or swimsuit. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bathing Costume

bathetic
bathetical
bathetically
bathful
bathfuls
bathhouse
bathhouses
bathing
bathing beaches
bathing beauties
bathing beauty
bathing box
bathing boxes
bathing cap
bathing caps
bathing costume (current term)
bathing hut
bathing machine
bathing machines
bathing suit
bathing suits
bathing trunks
bathing tub
bathings
bathless
bathlike
bathmat
bathmats
bathmic

Literary usage of Bathing costume

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fortnightly Review (1875)
"Why should they not be allowed to crowd into the water, provided they have on a decent bathing costume; and in the case of little boys, surely this need not ..."

2. Dr. Neesen's Book on Wheeling: Hints and Advice to Men and Women from the by Victor Neesen (1899)
"The bicycle costume does not expose the person so much as either the ball dress or bathing costume. In the ball dress the neck and bosom, a portion of the ..."

3. Our Deportment: Or, the Manners, Conduct, and Dress of the Most Refined by John H. Young (1881)
"bathing costume. Flannel is the best material for a bathing costume, and gray is regarded as the most suitable color. It may be trimmed with bright worsted ..."

4. Our Deportment, Or, The Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined by John H. Young (1879)
"bathing costume. Flannel is the best material for a bathing costume, and gray is regarded as the most suitable color. It may be trimmed with bright worsted ..."

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