Definitions for: Smock


[n] a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
[v] embellish by sewing in lines crossing each other diagonally, as of a garment; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

In her smock, with head and foot all bare.
--Chaucer.

2. A blouse; a smoock frock. --Carlyle.


Smock, a.
Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or
pertaining to a woman.

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.]


Smock, v. t.
To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
--Tennyson.

Synonyms: dust coat, duster, gabardine, gaberdine

See Also: adorn, beautify, coverall, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament

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