smock

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: dustergaberdinegabardinedust coat

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the anklesSynonyms: dustergaberdinegabardinedust coat

Verb (1)

  1. embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally“The folk dancers wore smocked shirts”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Smock \Smock\ (sm[o^]k), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm[=u]gan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen, Icel. smj[=u]ga to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide. Cf. Smug, Smuggle.]

1.A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. [1913 Webster]

In her smock, with head and foot all bare.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.A blouse; a smoock frock. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

Smock \Smock\, a. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. [1913 Webster]

Smock mill, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post.

Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Smock \Smock\, v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
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