white tie

white tie definitions

noun
  • A dress code specifying white tie for men and ball gown or evening dress for women, or, alternatively, full military dress or national costume. 

  • The most formal kind of eveningwear for men, consisting of an evening tailcoat, trousers with strips of braid down the side seams, white stiff-fronted shirt, white bow tie and waistcoat with or without sash.