SMOCK

duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat

(noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

smock

(verb) embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; “The folk dancers wore smocked shirts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

smock (plural smocks)

A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip.

A blouse; a smock frock.

A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.

Adjective

smock (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock

Hence, of or pertaining to a woman.

Verb

smock (third-person singular simple present smocks, present participle smocking, simple past and past participle smocked)

(transitive) To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.

(transitive, sewing) To apply smocking.

Anagrams

• Mocks, mocks

Proper noun

Smock (plural Smocks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Smock is the 7485^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4452 individuals. Smock is most common among White (94.65%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Mocks, mocks

Source: Wiktionary

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Smock, n. Etym: [AS. smoc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close. MHG. smiegen, Icel. smj 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.

Definition: 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.

Definition: To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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