winterdress

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winterdress (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of winter-dress
    • 1874, Frederik Muller, “Portraits Relating to America and to Geography in General”, in Catalogue of Books, Maps, Plates, on America, and of a Remarkable Collection of Early Voyages, [], part III a. (Portraits), Amsterdam: Frederik Muller, [], page 11:
      Charlotte, Empress of Mexico, married the Emperor Maximilian 1859. 196 a. Half-length, in winterdress, with hat, by Weger.
    • 1896, D. N. Banerjee, “Notes on Hygiene”, in Gerlóczy Zsigmond, editor, Jelentés az 1894. szeptember hó 1-től 9-ig Budapesten tartott VIII-ik Nemzetközi közegészségi és demografiai congressusról és annak tudományos munkálatairól, volume II, Budapest: Pesti könyvnyomda-részvénytársaság, page 757:
      In India, there are only two kinds of dress worn, the summer and the winterdress. The summerdress is usually made of white cotton, jute or silk fabrics.
    • 1949, S[ydney] F[rederick] A[rthur] Coles, The Lovely Land: A Lyrical Interpretation of the Realm and People of Sweden, London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., [], page 25:
      “I wish you could see Dalsland in Winterdress, it is so beautiful!”
    • 1969, Swedish Wildlife, pages 386, 401, and 412:
      Fig. 2 a, b. Mountain-hare, ♂ ad. (No. 3), in winterdress. [] Note: winterdress as in “genuine” mountain-hares (WW-animals). [] Fig. 11 Young “heath-hares” (ww) in winterdress.