He then puts on a boiled shirt and high collar under a white dinner jacket and heads to his meal, which is served at a table set with orchids and silver.
The fellow had on a boiled shirt and a polka dot necktie.
He would have expected to see full evening dress, the men wearing tails and boiled shirts.
The maid would bang the gong and for dinner my parents would always dress formally, my father in a boiled shirt and my mother in a evening dress.
Up above, men wore black clothes and boiled shirts, and women dressed in beautiful gowns.
Definition of boiled shirt in US English:
boiled shirt
noun
dated
A dress shirt with a starched front.
〈旧〉前胸上浆的衬衫，硬胸衬衫
Example sentencesExamples
He would have expected to see full evening dress, the men wearing tails and boiled shirts.
The fellow had on a boiled shirt and a polka dot necktie.
The maid would bang the gong and for dinner my parents would always dress formally, my father in a boiled shirt and my mother in a evening dress.
Up above, men wore black clothes and boiled shirts, and women dressed in beautiful gowns.
He then puts on a boiled shirt and high collar under a white dinner jacket and heads to his meal, which is served at a table set with orchids and silver.