floor-length

[ flawr-lengkth, -length, flohr- ]

adjective

1. extending to the floor:

   a floor-length skirt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of floor-length¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The singer was seen in a floor-length wedding gown while her groom wore a three-piece suit.

From Los Angeles Times

The mostly overhead images featured Del Rey, 39, wearing a floor-length wedding gown and accompanied by her father, Robert Grant.

From Los Angeles Times

Seeing Offset walk Luar in a durag and structural floor-length trench coat.

From Los Angeles Times

It was just extra in all the best ways: leather studded hot pants, more insanely capacious bags, floor-length leopard gowns, wispy feathers and sequins styled with knee-high boots.

From Los Angeles Times

In Cortez’s hands, latex becomes printed as leopard and cowhide, it becomes evening wear, sportswear or business casual — from a football tank to a floor-length dress to a blazer.

From Los Angeles Times