smock
IPA: smˈɑk
noun
- A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip.
- A blouse; a smock frock.
- A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
- (transitive, sewing) To apply smocking.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock
- Hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
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Examples of "smock" in Sentences
- It is a smock mill with a stage.
- Both smock and cap are thatched.
- The smock and cap were thatched.
- The smock was from sill to curb.
- The second mill was a smock mill.
- The smock is worn with a kufi cap.
- It is a smock mill winded by a winch.
- The smock was across the flats at the base, and at the curb.
- The smock and cap are boarded, with vertical boards on the smock.
- I, too, think on Hobbes every time the word smock pops up. smocksmocksmock.
- The smock and cap covered in weatherboards, which are vertical on the smock.
- Probably it is the sting from not getting that smock, which is entirely understandable.
- The Pentagon has now said that it allows Bradley Manning to wear a garment at night, which his lawyer described as a smock.
- A loose, launderable sweater or sweatshirt that lets you move but can go under your smock is another useful item to have in your cleaning closet.
- After apparent outside pressure on the brig due to my mistreatment, I was given a suicide prevention article of clothing called a "smock" by the guards.
- From an early age, I believed that when you died, you put on a white satin smock with lace around the cuffs and joined the anonymous army of souls (in heaven if you were lucky).
- Though attired in this barbarous guise, I did not, of course, dispense with my trousers, which, being black, contrasted somewhat oddly with my primrose-coloured ki ton, as they call the smock, and the dark violet clamis, or plaid.
- As he stood at the door, a tall young stripling, dressed in what they call a smock frock, with a pitchfork in his hand, came up and, taking his station a little on one side, began to view him from head to foot, scratching his head and grinning.