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smock

[ smok ]

noun

  1. a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.


verb (used with object)

  1. to clothe in a smock.
  2. to draw (a fabric) by needlework into a honeycomb pattern with diamond-shaped recesses.

smock

/ ²õ³¾É’°ì /

noun

  1. any loose protective garment, worn by artists, laboratory technicians, etc
  2. a woman's loose blouse-like garment, reaching to below the waist, worn over slacks, etc
  3. Also calledsmock frock a loose protective overgarment decorated with smocking, worn formerly esp by farm workers
  4. archaic.
    a woman's loose undergarment, worn from the 16th to the 18th centuries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to ornament (a garment) with smocking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¾´Ç³¦°ìËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³¾´Ç³¦°ìl¾±°ì±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³¾´Ç³¦°ì±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of smock1

before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English smocc; originally name for a garment with a hole for the head; compare Old Norse ²õ³¾ÂáÅ«²µ²¹ to put on (a garment) over the head
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of smock1

Old English smocc; related to Old High German smocco, Old Norse smokkr blouse, Middle High German gesmuc decoration
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One man in white smock and flowing beard waved a giant flag; another held a large silver icon above Georgescu's head.

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He said: "When you've been sitting there since the crack of dawn in a smock waiting to have open heart surgery, however calm I tried to feel, you still get a bit nervous."

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Beatrice was wearing her polished cotton, very girlish with the smocking across the bodice.

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At one place, a German officer reported, “the whole village was in flames, cattle bellowed desperately in barns, half-burned chickens rushed about demented, two men in peasant smocks lay dead against a wall.â€

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He donned a chef’s smock this week to show a couple of them off, including a green salad with apple, almonds, blueberry vinaigrette — and roasted cicadas.

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