besashed

See also: be-sashed

English

Alternative forms

• be-sashed

Etymology

From be- +‎ sash +‎ -ed.

Adjective

besashed (not comparable)

1. Synonym of sashed
   • 1938 December 12, Derek Fox, “No “Grilled Millionaire” for Breakfast … White House Perks Up … Yule Gifts, Social Doings”, in The United States News, volume six, number fifty, Washington, D.C., page 2, column 4:

     With the annual Presidential dinner to the Cabinet as a curtain-raiser, there is a short intermission—just one day—before the Diplomatic Reception, when it seems as if the White House becomes a setting for a Graustarkian novel, so bejeweled, besashed, beturbaned, and betiaraed are the guests.

   • 1993 July 11, Jim Coyle, “Tradition in decline: Orange to the core and loyal to the cause”, in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page B1, column 2:

     The tone was definitely festive, save for one besashed and besotted celebrant who moaned, as he lunched past the statue of Queen Victoria, that “I’ve been barred.”

   • 2020 June 10, Jerome Christenson, “A drum, horses and a parade”, in La Crosse Tribune, volume 117, number 26, La Crosse, Wis., page B3, column 3:

     I recall a bevy of queenlettes, all besashed and bathing suited, observing the procession having already traversed the route.