SMOCKS

Proper noun

Smocks

plural of Smock

Noun

smocks

plural of smock

Source: Wiktionary

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SMOCK

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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