smock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smock	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for smock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smock n a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles Synonym(s): duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat v embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smock \Smock\ (sm[ocr]k), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm[umac]gan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen, Icel. smj[umac]ga 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}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smock \Smock\, a. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. {Smock mill}, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post. {Smock race}, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smock \Smock\, v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. --Tennyson.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Smock, PA Zip code(s): 15480