frock

[ frok ]

noun

1. a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
2. a loose outer garment worn by peasants and workers; smock.
3. a coarse outer garment with large sleeves, worn by monks.
4. frock coat.

verb (used with object)

1. to provide with, or clothe in, a frock.
2. to invest with priestly or clerical office.

frock

/ frɒk /

noun

1. a girl's or woman's dress
2. a loose garment of several types, such as a peasant's smock
3. a coarse wide-sleeved outer garment worn by members of some religious orders

verb

1. tr to invest (a person) with the office or status of a cleric

Other Words From

• frockless adjective
• under·frock noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of frock¹

1300–50; Middle English froke < Old French froc < Frankish; compare Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat

Word History and Origins

Origin of frock¹

C14: from Old French froc ; related to Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat

Example Sentences

One episode finds our host in a poofy, heart-print frock that epitomizes what the kids call lovecore.

From Time

The Biba brand exploded in 1964 with the phenomenal success of a pink and white gingham frock called “the Barbara.”

From The Daily Beast

She wore a sea-green, V-necked frock with a modest hint of cleavage.

From The Daily Beast

For this service he arrayed himself in an old-fashioned frock coat with long skirts.

From The Daily Beast

There was even a free-spirited frock made of ropes, which flung about through her ritualistic dance.

From The Daily Beast

During her 2011 tour of Canada, a skimpy yellow frock flew skywards on a Calgary airfield.

From The Daily Beast

Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.

From Project Gutenberg

At eighteen years of age I had my first frock coat and tall hat.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, go and mend that deplorable frock, and if you don't dream over it, you won't waste too much of your holiday.

From Project Gutenberg

There were eunuchs too, black frock-coated—and the chief eunuch, an important personage who ranks very high.

From Project Gutenberg

Nothing bad (she had already acclaimed it to Amy and Jessie) could happen to her with that frock on.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• apron
• gown
• robe