Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
dress parade noun
- military a formal parade of sufficient ceremonial importance for the wearing of dress uniform
Examples from the Web for dress parade Historical Examples of dress parade
As dress-parade was to come off at once, we stayed to see that.
Various
It is to be rather a dress-parade, I must admit, but you needn’t worry on that account.
Ruth Alberta Brown
It was the afternoon of the first day in camp, and the hour for dress-parade.
Homer Greene
But the regiment goes in as cheerfully as to a dress-parade.
Charles Carleton Coffin
At “dress-parade,” just before sunset, she was always an attendant.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson