Dress·ing, n.
 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
 2. Surg. An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover a sore or wound.
 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
 4. Cookery (a) A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for eating; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
 5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
 6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.
 7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.]
 Dressing case, a case of toilet utensils.
 Dressing forceps, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds.
 Dressing gown, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown.
 Dressing room, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet.
 Top-dressing, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.

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 dressing case
      n : a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles
          and toilet articles while traveling