'Masked ball' definitions:
Definition of 'masked ball'
From: WordNet
noun
A ball at which guests wear costumes and masks [syn: masked ball, masquerade ball, fancy-dress ball]
Definition of 'Masked ball'
From: GCIDE
- Masked \Masked\, a.
- 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Same as Personate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. [1913 Webster]
- Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
- Masked battery (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.
- Masked crab (Zool.), a European crab ({Corystes cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face.
- Masked pig (Zool.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed. [1913 Webster]