smock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
    gabardine; dust coat; gaberdine; duster.
  2. verb embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally
    • The folk dancers wore smocked shirts

WordNet

Smock noun
Etymology
AS. smoc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. smgan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close. MHG. smiegen, Icel. smjga 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.
Definitions
  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 adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
Smock transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Tennyson.

Webster 1913