regimentals
Britishplural noun
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the uniform and insignia of a regiment
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military dress
Example Sentences
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Private James Stanley and others stripped off their regimentals and jumped into Long Island Sound from the Fort coal dock.
From Time Magazine Archive
They could talk of nothing but officers; and Mr. Bingley’s large fortune, the mention of which gave animation to their mother, was worthless in their eyes when opposed to the regimentals of an ensign.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
And there were also two militia officers, wrapped in great watch cloaks over their Canajoharie regimentals, and who took their leave in silence.
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
We hear that Captain Walter Butler is taken out o' uniform within your lines; and so, lacking the protection of his regimentals, he is like to suffer as a spy.
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Then I pulled on my District Militia regimentals, which same was a hunting shirt of tow-cloth, spatter-dashes of the same, and a felt hat, cocked.
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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