trapeze dress

English

Noun

trapeze dress (plural trapeze dresses)

1. A woman's dress with a trapezoid shape, widening towards the waist and legs.
   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     She wore thrift-store clothes that tended not to flatter her—a man's plaid polyester leisure suit, a paisley trapeze dress, gray Mr. Goodwrench coveralls with the name Randy embroidered on the left front pocket.