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Webster 1913 Edition
Frock
Frock
(frŏk)
, Noun.
[F.
froc
a monk’s cowl, coat, garment, LL. frocus
, froccus
, flocus
, floccus
, fr. L. floccus
a flock of wool; hence orig., a flocky cloth or garment; cf. L. flaccus
flabby, E. flaccid
.] 1.
A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock;
as, a marketman's
. frock
2.
A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.
Frock coat
, a body coat for men, usually double-breasted, the skirts not being in one piece with the body, but sewed on so as to be somewhat full.
– Smock frock
. See in the Vocabulary.
Webster 1828 Edition
Frock
FROCK
,Noun.
An upper coat, or an outer garment. The word is now used for a loose garment or shirt worn by men over their other clothes, and for a kind of gown open behind, worn by females. The frock was formerly a garment worn by monks.