Word Meanings - PRINCESSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.

Related words: (words related to PRINCESSE)

• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• CLOSEHANDED
  Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• DRESSINESS
  The state of being dressy.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• SKIRTING
  A skirting board. 2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.
• WAISTER
  A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war. R. H. Dana, Jr.
• WAISTCOATEER
  One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet. Do you think you are here, sir, Amongst your waistcoateers, your base wenches Beau. & Fl.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• CLOSEFISTED
  Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
• CLOSE
  to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often
• DRESS CIRCLE
  A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.
• SKIRT
  1. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle. 2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs
• CLOSEN
  To make close.
• CLOSER
  The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes
• CLOSE-FIGHTS
  Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.
• CLOSEHAULED
  Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
• DRESSING
  An application to a sore or wound. Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.;
• CLOSE-BODIED
  Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.
• SHIRT WAIST
  A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• UNCLOSE
  1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
• ENCLOSE
  To inclose. See Inclose.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• PARCLOSE
  A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• INAPPLICABILITY
  The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.
• INCLOSER
  One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
• REDRESSIVE
  Tending to redress. Thomson.