Frock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Frock	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Frock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frock n a habit worn by clerics a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice Synonym(s): dress, frock v put a frock on
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frock \Frock\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frock \Frock\, v. t. 1. To clothe in a frock. 2. To make a monk of. Cf. {Unfrock}.