The Collaborative International Dictionary
Academicals
Academicals \Ac`a*dem"ic*als\, n. pl. The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.
Wiktionary
academicals
n. (context British English) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities, typically on special occasions such as graduation.
Usage examples of "academicals".
Her dress for the Garden-party, chosen to combine suitably with full academicals, lay, neatly folded, inside her suitcase.