Definition of "besashed"

With the annual Presidential dinner to the Cabinet as a curtain-raiser, there is a short intermission—just one day—before the Diplomatic Reception, when it seems as if the White House becomes a setting for a Graustarkian novel, so bejeweled, besashed, beturbaned, and betiaraed are the guests.

1938 December 12, Derek Fox, “No “Grilled Millionaire” for Breakfast … White House Perks Up … Yule Gifts, Social Doings”, in The United States News, volume six, number fifty, Washington, D.C., page 2, column 4

The tone was definitely festive, save for one besashed and besotted celebrant who moaned, as he lunched past the statue of Queen Victoria, that “I’ve been barred.”

1993 July 11, Jim Coyle, “Tradition in decline: Orange to the core and loyal to the cause”, in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page B1, column 2

I recall a bevy of queenlettes, all besashed and bathing suited, observing the procession having already traversed the route.

2020 June 10, Jerome Christenson, “A drum, horses and a parade”, in La Crosse Tribune, volume 117, number 26, La Crosse, Wis., page B3, column 3