The first level of seats above the ground floor in a theatre.
〈英〉（剧院中）第一层楼厅的前排座位
Example sentencesExamples
The gallery looks more like an old theatre auditorium, with a dress circle, an upper circle, and boxes on the sides.
Scores of people, including some from the dress circle, left their seats and crowded into the space at the front of the stage where they danced the night away.
From my high vantage point, just about level with the dress circle, I searched for Emily.
She said she had come early to be sure of securing seats in the dress circle.
This delicate manoeuvre brought at least one young woman from a reclining position to the edge of her seat in the dress circle.
Definition of dress circle in US English:
dress circle
nounˈdrɛs ˌsərkəlˈdres ˌsərkəl
British
The first level of seats above the ground floor in a theater.
〈英〉（剧院中）第一层楼厅的前排座位
Example sentencesExamples
Scores of people, including some from the dress circle, left their seats and crowded into the space at the front of the stage where they danced the night away.
She said she had come early to be sure of securing seats in the dress circle.
This delicate manoeuvre brought at least one young woman from a reclining position to the edge of her seat in the dress circle.
From my high vantage point, just about level with the dress circle, I searched for Emily.
The gallery looks more like an old theatre auditorium, with a dress circle, an upper circle, and boxes on the sides.