Of cloth, yarn, garments, etc.: fine in texture or structure. Now rare.

Of a material: made from fine thread or yarn; having an open weave; fine, thin; not thick or heavy, lightweight. Of an item of clothing, etc.: made…

Of a garment: cut full so as to envelope the body (or the part of the body the garment is designed to cover); voluminous. Obsolete.

Having a long, wide, or large neck.

Of clothing, diet, etc.: excessively rich, luxurious; extravagant.

Of articles of dress, etc.: Made in Spain, of Spanish materials, or after the Spanish fashion.

Gathered or girded up, arranged in tucks or folds; †of a person: having the clothes girded up (obsolete); shortened or ornamented with tucks; thrust…

Pleasing, pleasant. Obsolete. Of dress: Handsome, gay. Of persons: Gaily dressed. Obsolete.

Of clothing, behaviour, etc.: decent, seemly, respectable; not showy, sober. Obsolete.

Having the breast exposed. Of a garment: not covering, or only partly covering, the breast. Also in extended use.

Of a (portion of a) garment: containing much material arranged in gathers or folds; generously or amply cut.

Of fabric, or a garment or footwear: indefinitely durable, very slow to wear out. Sometimes in figurative contexts or with a play on sense A. 1a…

Consisting of a sheet (see sheet, n.1 1b).

General attributive, esp. designating something insignificant, worthless, or dull; (occasionally also) designating an elegant and unobtrusive item…

Of a garment, or wool: Thick, heavy. Obsolete. (Cf. burl, n.1)

Of a garment, etc.: designed to be pinned up; that may be shortened by pinning up. Obsolete.

Of a hat: Having a brim which hangs over the face. Also transferred of other garments, etc.: Hanging down in a loose untidy manner; slovenly.

Of a coat, etc.: Having the two sides of the breast made alike, with buttons and button-holes, so as to button on either side. Also, having a…

Of a person: †dressed informally (obsolete). Of or in relation to clothing: that is in the style of a negligée; informal; revealing. (In quot…

That has been translated (in various senses of the verb); esp. (of a word, text, etc.) converted into another language.

Of clothing or dress: Of the same pattern, colour, and material amongst a number or body of persons.

attributive. Constituting an undress; worn when in undress; spec. in Military and Navy use (see 1c).

Of a coat, waistcoat, etc.: Having only one thickness over the breast; not doubled by overlapping. Opposed to double-breasted, adj.

Of dress, etc.: Not hitherto worn; not actually worn.

Probable editorial misreading of mamalouc Mameluke, n. (see quot. 1799 at compounds 2a, for corrected reading).

Of or relating to costume or fashion. Also: in costume.

General attributive (in sense 7), as safeguard skirt. historical (now rare).

attributive. Designating items of clothing reminiscent of Pierce Egan's characters Tom and Jerry, as Tom and Jerry coat, Tom and Jerry hat, etc. Now…

Chiefly of clothes, materials, objects, etc.: light in weight. Of liquids, substances, etc.: light in consistency. Of coins: below the standard or…

A costume arranged according to the wearer's fancy, usually representing some fictitious or historical character. Also attributive in fancy dress ball…

spec. Designating a garment to be wrapped about the body for warmth, or a wraparound garment (see wraparound, adj. 1a).

Of an item of clothing or footwear: made of thin or flimsy material.

attributive. Designating a style of clothes, hair, etc., similar to that worn by or popularly associated with Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots…

Skilfully or attractively cut (now esp. of clothing).

Resembling or suggestive of the ornate, elegant style of dress of the mousquetaires.

Fashion. Of a woman's garment, or a style of garment: characteristic of the first French empire (1804–15; see sense A. 2b(c)); resembling that…

Of or relating to costume (in various senses).

Of a strong, firm, or substantial nature or quality; not slight or flimsy. Of cloth, garments, etc.

Designating a light or medium-weight fabric suitable for spring clothing, or items made from this.

Designating a garment or part of a garment characteristic of Henri II or his time. Also as postmodifier. Now rare.

Originally U.S. Of or designating a style of dress originating in the western United States and associated esp. with cattle ranching culture.

U.S. Of an article of clothing: stiff, hard. Now chiefly historical.

attributive. Designating (a part of) a child's sailor suit. Now historical.

Also with lower-case initial. As a modifier, designating any of various styles or articles of clothing associated with spectators or rowers at the…

Of costume: Of a style intermediate between that of the past and that of the coming season.

A girl resembling Gretchen; a German girl or woman. Also used attributively to denote typically German hairstyles, etc., as Gretchen braid, plait…

attributive: esp. in fancy names of styles of women's hats or dresses.

attributive or as adj. That crosses over; characterized by crossing over or having a part that crosses over another.

Of a garment: designed or tailored in a style regarded as French; having a French cut. Cf. French, adj. n.compounds 1a(b).

Flowing.

spec. Of clothes (esp. jackets or coats): having a squared appearance.

attributive. Designating a style of dress, or an item of clothing, reminiscent of the attire of Buster Brown. Chiefly in Buster Brown suit, Buster B…

attributive. Designating a style (esp. of clothing) resembling that of women in portraits painted by Romney; designating clothing in this style. Now…

Of or relating to fashion or fashions.

attributive. Designating various styles of clothing suggestive of those worn by Peter Pan; esp. in Peter Pan collar n. (also with lower-case…

Of an article, esp. of clothing, or its design: of a simple, elegant style not greatly subject to changes in fashion.

Used attributively to designate the style of dress or hair (for boys) which the book popularized; also applied, often ironically, to a child of the…

attributive. Designating a style of women's clothing resembling that traditionally worn by a doll or young girl, (now) esp. in having a high…

transferred. A gradual widening or spreading outwards; also, that part which spreads. Also attributive. In plural, flared trousers (originally U.S.).

That may be tucked in; spec. of a woman's blouse, etc., designed to have its lower edge tucked into the skirt.

Not pressed; not subjected to pressure.

Designating or characteristic of the clothes worn by Edwardians (senses A. 2 A. 3).

Of garments, esp. skirts.

Designating or pertaining to a garment, esp. a (woman's) bathing-suit or dress, having little or no material above the waist; that does not cover…

Fashion. Of a garment: that is open all the way down, wraps around the body, and is fastened usually by tying. Also, of a belt.

Of or in relation to clothing: informal, casual. Of a person: casually attired, or dressed less formally than would normally be expected.

That covers up or conceals. Originally U.S.

attributive. Designating an outfit, article of clothing, etc., of the simple, Westernized style introduced by Sun Yat-sen as a form of national…

Intended for use; generally useful; (passing into) merely functional; spec.: (a) of a motor vehicle: designed for carrying both passengers and…

Not merely functional; spec. (during and following the Second World War, 1939–45), designating clothes and household goods of better than utility…

Capable of forming soap-suds; also of garments: washable in soapy water.

Phrases. off-the-shoulder (attributive phr.): of a dress, blouse, etc., that leaves the shoulders bare.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a peasant or peasants. Fashion, Interior Decorating, etc. Made in the style of articles produced by peasants…

Of a garment: having no flare (flare, n.1 4b).

Of a garment, esp. a dress or skirt: flaring in a straight line from the waist or shoulders to the hem; of or characteristic of such a garment.

Designating tight-fitting garments, esp. trousers, resembling those worn by a matador. Cf. toreador, n. compounds 1.

Used attributively or as adj. to designate various (usually synthetic) fibres or fabrics which are elastic or capable of stretching, and garments…

the property of a garment or fabric of being easily washed, drying readily, and needing no ironing; usually attributive.

Fashion. Applied to the look achieved by layer dressing (see layer, n. compounds), and later also to clothes worn in this way.

attributive. Designating a garment, hairstyle, etc., considered suggestive of 18th-cent. fashions, esp. as represented in the 1963 film version of…

Used allusively to refer to fashionable clothing designed for young people. Also elliptical as Carnaby.

(a proprietary name for) a type of male doll in combat dress; (also) a man likened to such a doll in being brave, strong, etc. (often ironic)…

attributive. Designating an article of clothing made in the simple style characteristic of dress formerly common in communist China under Mao Zedong…

(see quot. 1968).

Promoting the retention of heat. Usually of clothes, esp. underwear.

Fashion. Used attributively to designate a style of clothing favoured by punks or punk rockers (see punk, n.1 5b, punk rock, n.), in which much use…

Of clothes, esp. coats: loosely cut in a style suggestive of a swagger coat.

slang. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a hoochie (in sense A. 4); sexually provocative, raunchy, suggestive.

In eastern central Africa: second-hand clothing, esp. that donated by aid agencies (and often subsequently sold or traded). Frequently attributive.

Designating a style of women's clothing combining elements of the clothing of young girls with more sexually provocative adult clothes. Also more…