Dictionary entry

Undress (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Un″dress (?), n. 1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.

2. (Mil. & Naval) An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.

Undress parade(Mil.), a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened.