frock
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)frocks
- a long, loose outer garmentType of overgarment, outer garment
- a habit worn by clericsType of habit
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodiceSynonyms: dressType of women's clothingKinds gown, jumper, sari, cocktail dress, chemise, caftan, morning dress, shirtdress, coatdress, dirndl +7 moreParts bodice, hemline, neckline, slide fastener
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. froc a monk's cowl, coat, garment, LL. frocus, froccus, flocus, floccus, fr. L. floccus a flock of wool; hence orig., a flocky cloth or garment; cf. L. flaccus flabby, E. flaccid.
1. A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.
2. A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.
Frock coat, a body coat for men, usually double-breasted, the skirts not being in one piece with the body, but sewed on so as to be somewhat full. — Smock frock. See in the Vocabulary.
1. To clothe in a frock.
2. To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54