Smocks
plural of Smock
smocks
plural of smock
Source: Wiktionary
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
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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