ball gown

1. 1.

   the most formal gown; worn to a ball

   Broadergown

Questions about ball gown

What does ball gown mean?

ball gown means "the most formal gown; worn to a ball".

Is ball gown a common word?

ball gown is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.