'Smock' definitions:
Definition of 'smock'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Smock'
From: GCIDE
- Smock \Smock\, a. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smock'
From: GCIDE
- Smock \Smock\, v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smock'
From: GCIDE
- Smock \Smock\ (sm[o^]k), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm[=u]gan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen, Icel. smj[=u]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. [1913 Webster]
- In her smock, with head and foot all bare. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A blouse; a smoock frock. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]