Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loose coatlike outer garment, often worn to protect the clothes while working.
- transitive verb To clothe in a smock.
- transitive verb To decorate (fabric) with smocking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A garment worn by women corresponding to the shirt worn by men: a chemise; a shift.
- noun A smock-frock.
- Belonging or relating to women; characteristic of women; female: common in old writers.
- To provide with or clothe in a smock or smock-frock.
- To shir or pucker. See
smocking .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
- noun A blouse; a smoock frock.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
- adjective 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. - adjective [Prov. Eng.] a race run by women for the prize of a smock.
- transitive verb To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A woman's
undergarment ; ashift ; achemise . - noun A
blouse . - noun A loose
garment worn asprotection by apainter , etc. - adjective Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock
- adjective Hence, of or pertaining to a
woman . - verb transitive To provide with, or
clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Alfred Tennyson. - verb transitive To apply
smocking .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
- verb embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As he stood at the door, a tall young stripling, dressed in what they call a smock frock, with a pitchfork in his hand, came up and, taking his station a little on one side, began to view him from head to foot, scratching his head and grinning.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810
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I, too, think on Hobbes every time the word smock pops up. smocksmocksmock.
Painterly Fashion Kiki 2008
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From an early age, I believed that when you died, you put on a white satin smock with lace around the cuffs and joined the anonymous army of souls (in heaven if you were lucky).
Dia de los Muertos: the dead come to life in Mexican folk art 2003
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From an early age, I believed that when you died, you put on a white satin smock with lace around the cuffs and joined the anonymous army of souls (in heaven if you were lucky).
Dia de los Muertos: the dead come to life in Mexican folk art 2003
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From an early age, I believed that when you died, you put on a white satin smock with lace around the cuffs and joined the anonymous army of souls (in heaven if you were lucky).
Dia de los Muertos: the dead come to life in Mexican folk art 2003
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Though attired in this barbarous guise, I did not, of course, dispense with my trousers, which, being black, contrasted somewhat oddly with my primrose-coloured ki ton, as they call the smock, and the dark violet clamis, or plaid.
In the Wrong Paradise Andrew Lang 1878
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The Pentagon has now said that it allows Bradley Manning to wear a garment at night, which his lawyer described as a smock.
Bradley Manning's father speaks out over Pentagon's treatment of his son 2011
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After apparent outside pressure on the brig due to my mistreatment, I was given a suicide prevention article of clothing called a "smock" by the guards.
Bradley Manning: 'Stripping me of all of my clothing is without justification' 2011
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Probably it is the sting from not getting that smock, which is entirely understandable.
This Just In: Plugs and Deliberations BikeSnobNYC 2009
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A loose, launderable sweater or sweatshirt that lets you move but can go under your smock is another useful item to have in your cleaning closet.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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