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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FROCK

Frock, n. Etym: [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 hirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their ther 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 doublebreasted, 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.

 

FROCK

FROCK Frock, v. t.

 

1. To clothe in a frock.

 

2. To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.

 

FROCKED

FROCKED Frocked, a.

 

Defn: Clothed in a frock.

 

FROCKLESS

FROCKLESS Frock "less, a.

 

Defn: Destitute of a frock.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

frock

frock |fräk frɑk | ▶noun 1 a woman's or girl's dress. 2 a loose outer garment, in particular: • a long gown with flowing sleeves worn by monks, priests, or clergy. • historical a field laborer's smock. • short for frock coat. 3 [ in sing. ] archaic priestly office: such words as these cost the preacher his frock. ▶verb [ with obj. ] provide with or dress in a frock: [ as adj., in combination ] : a black-frocked Englishman. • archaic invest (someone ) with priestly office. Compare with defrock. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French froc, of Germanic origin. The sense ‘priest's or monk's gown ’ is preserved in defrock .

 

frock coat

frock coat |ˈfrɑk ˌkoʊt | ▶noun a man's double-breasted, long-skirted coat, now worn chiefly on formal occasions.

 

Oxford Dictionary

frock

frock |frɒk | ▶noun chiefly Brit. 1 a woman's or girl's dress. 2 a loose outer garment, in particular: • a long gown with flowing sleeves worn by monks, priests, or clergy. • historical an agricultural worker's smock; a smock-frock. • short for frock coat. • archaic a woollen jersey worn by sailors. 3 archaic the work and position of a priest: such words as these cost the preacher his frock. DERIVATIVES frocked adjective [ in combination ] : a black-frocked Englishman ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French froc, of Germanic origin. The sense ‘priest's or monk's gown ’ is preserved in defrock .

 

frock coat

frock coat ▶noun a man's double-breasted, long-skirted coat, now worn chiefly on formal occasions.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

frock

frock noun she looked demure in a cream silk frock: dress, gown, robe, shift; garment, costume.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

frock

frock /frɑk |frɔk /名詞 C 1 ｟やや古 ｠ワンピース, フロック 〘婦人 女児用 〙.2 (修道士が着る長くてそでの広い )外衣, 僧衣 .3 (かつての農夫の )上っ張り, 仕事着 (smock frock ).4 フロックコート (frock coat ) 〘両前ですその長い男子礼服; 主に19世紀に用いられた 〙.fr ò ck and fr í ll ＝chill , ill (→rhyming slang ).動詞 他動詞 …を僧職に任命する .