a1745 J. Richardson (1776) 258 I see the dawn, the grey-clad nymphs retire.
1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches in (1820) I. 126 Though now along the shade Where erst at will the grey-clad peasant strayed, Gleam war's discordant garments through the trees.
1895 Aug. 499/1 Gray-clad, white-bonneted sisters of charity.
1993 G. Donaldson 342 Nothing but a column of gray-clad manchildren facing a long line of girlfriends and mothers.