Definition of Battle dress

1. Noun. A military uniform designed for field service.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Dress

battle-damaged
battle-royal
battle-sark
battle-scarred
battle axe
battle axes
battle buddies
battle buddy
battle bus
battle buses
battle cries
battle cruiser
battle cruisers
battle cry
battle damage
battle dress (current term)
battle fatigue
battle fatigues
battle flag
battle fleet
battle fleets
battle group
battle honours
battle it out
battle line
battle neurosis
battle of Atlanta
battle of Austerlitz
battle of Boyne
battle of Brunanburh

Literary usage of Battle dress

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

1. A Handy Poetical Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on Groschopp's Grein. Edited by Christian Wilhelm Michael Grein (1885)
"... st. n. battle-dress, gud-sele, si. m. battle-hall, ie the hall in which a battle takes place. gud-searo, si. n. battle-equipment, arms, armor. gud-spell ..."

2. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1870)
"Of that battle- dress of battle, and of encounter, and of contest, which he took about him were twenty-seven skin-hides combed, smoothed, ..."

3. The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland (1878)
"Of that battle- dress of battle, and of encounter, and of contest, which lie took about him were twenty-seven ..."

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