Definition of Ball gown

1. Noun. The most formal gown; worn to a ball.

Generic synonyms: Gown

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ball Gown

ball boys
ball carrier
ball carriers
ball cartridge
ball clay
ball club
ball cock
ball fern
ball field
ball flower
ball flowers
ball game
ball games
ball girl
ball girls
ball gown (current term)
ball hawk
ball hawking
ball hawks
ball in hand
ball lightning
ball machine
ball machines
ball nettle
ball nightshade
ball of fire
ball of the foot
ball of the thumb
ball over
ball pit

Literary usage of Ball gown

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

1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"Most incongruous of all, she was dressed in an old, low-necked ball gown of blue ... The vision in the old blue ball gown had caused him to forget for a ..."

2. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"Oh, yes; I have my tarlatan gown; a woman can manufacture a ball-gown so easily! Husband. And the hair-dresser isn't ordered. Wife. ..."

3. The Woman's Book: Dealing Practically with the Modern Conditions of Home (1894)
"... 50 One reception gown, high neck and long sleeves, 50 One dinner gown, low neck and half sleeves, 50 One ball gown, chiffon and silk, . ..."

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