preball

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ ball

Adjective

preball (not comparable)

  1. Before a ball (social event with dancing).
    • 2000, Clarice Stasz, The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour and Tragedy:
      As Alice prepared with her family for the preball dinner, an intimate affair for thirty of Gertrude's closest young friends, she had good reason to worry.
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