Smock
[smɒk] or [smɑk]
Definition
(verb.) embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; 'The folk dancers wore smocked shirts'.
Checked by Dolores--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
(n.) A blouse; a smoock frock.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
(v. t.) To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Chemise, shift.[2]. Blouse, gabardine, smock-frock.
Typed by Jaime
Definition
n. a woman's shift: a smock-frock.—v.t. to clothe in a smock or smock-frock.—adj. Smock′-faced pale-faced.—ns. Smock′-frock an outer garment of coarse white linen worn over the other clothes in the south of England; Smock′-race a race for the prize of a smock.
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Examples
- Anselmo shook his head and tapped the breast pocket of his smock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I must have young Mr. Tom; he mustn't be got away by horse-riders; here he is in a smock frock, and I must have him! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- As a last resource, I addressed myself to a man in a dirty smock-frock, whom I imagined to be the hostler. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Tis a smock for a crown, I thought; and so it turned out. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This man had short gray hair and a gray stubble of beard and wore the usual black smock buttoned at the neck. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- With these words he pulled up the smock-frock; and, winding it round his middle, drew a chair to the fire, and placed his feet upon the hob. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A young woman with a home must be a fool to tear her smock for a man like that. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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