full-dress uniform

1. 1.

   the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions

   Broadermilitary uniform

   military

Questions about full-dress uniform

What does full-dress uniform mean?

full-dress uniform means "the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions".

Is full-dress uniform a common word?

full-dress uniform is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.