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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FROCK, n.
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a habit worn by clerics
2: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn: dress, frock] v
1: put a frock on

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English frok, from Anglo-French froc, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German hroch mantle, coat Date: 14th century 1. an outer garment worn by monks and friars ; habit 2. an outer garment worn chiefly by men: a. a long loose mantle b. a workman's outer shirt; especially smock frock c. a woolen jersey worn especially by sailors 3. a woman's dress II. transitive verb Date: 1828 1. to clothe in a frock 2. to make a cleric of

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a woman's or girl's dress. 2 a a monk's or priest's long gown with loose sleeves. b priestly office. 3 a smock. 4 a a frock-coat. b a military coat of similar shape. 5 a sailor's woollen jersey. --v.tr. invest with priestly office (cf. UNFROCK). Phrases and idioms: frock-coat a man's long-skirted coat not cut away in front. Etymology: ME f. OF froc f. Frank.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frock Frock, v. t. 1. To clothe in a frock. 2. To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(frocks) A frock is a woman's or girl's dress. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

frok (simlah; homolinon): The hempen frock, mentioned in Ecclesiasticus 40:4 as a mark of the lowly, was a simple garment consisting of a square piece of cloth wrapped around the body. It is the same as the garment (simlah) which we find the poor man using as his only bed covering by night (Ex 22:26 f); the traveler, as the receptacle for his belongings (compare Ex 12:34); and the common people of both sexes as their general outer garments, though there was some difference in appearance between the simlah of the man and that of the woman (De 22:5).

See DRESS.

Ella Davis Isaacs

Moby Thesaurus

bib and tucker, cloak, costume, dress, duds, garment, gown, habit, jupe, mantle, rag, raiment, rig, robe, skirt, suit, togs, vestment, vesture