national costume

Definition

Clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.

Example Sentences

• "When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line."