ball-gowned

Adjective

ball-gowned (not comparable)

1. Wearing a ball gown.
   • With a last pat here, a final fingering of the frizzes, and a farewell adjustment of feathers and flowers, the competitors whisk off the wrappers and the twenty-seven ball-gowned young ladies are revealed to us in all the glory of their elaborate coiffures.1890 December 14, “Wild Hairdressing. An Odd Scene of Skill and Riot at a Competitive Exhibition in Paris.”, in The Sun, volume LVIII, number 105, New York, N.Y., page 25
   • Upstairs the dolls held a reception, and the sweet, gray-garbed Quaker is there as well as the ball-gowned beauty.1892 November 18, “Society”, in The Pittsburg Press, volume 9, number 319, Pittsburg, Pa.