Definition of dress circle in English English dictionary
a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn
The dress circle is the lowest of the curved rows of seats upstairs in a theatre. A section of seats in a theater or opera house, usually the first tier above the orchestra. American Equivalent: first balcony