One-piece garments for women and girls that cover the body and extend down over the legs. Also refers to the third-person singular form of the verb 'to dress' meaning to put on clothes.
From Old French 'dresser' meaning to arrange, prepare, or set straight. The garment sense developed from the idea of 'dressing' or arranging oneself, evolving from a general term for clothing to specifically denote the one-piece feminine garment.
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