Watteau back

noun

The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.

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Meanings

nounWatteau back (plural Watteau backs)

plural Watteau backs

  1. The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.

Origin

After the 18th-century French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.

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Watteau back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Watteau%20back

MLA

“Watteau back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Watteau%20back. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Watteau back,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Watteau%20back.

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