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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)
5. to provide with, or clothe in, a frock.
6. to invest with priestly or clerical office.

Origin:
1300–50; ME froke < OF froc < Frankish; cf. OS, OHG hroc coat


frockless, adjective
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frock   (frŏk)   
n.  
  1. A woman's dress.

  2. A long loose outer garment, as that worn by artists and craftspeople; a smock.

  3. A woolen garment formerly worn by sailors; a jersey.

  4. A robe worn by monks, friars, and other clerics; a habit.

tr.v.   frocked, frock·ing, frocks
  1. To clothe in a frock.

  2. To invest with clerical office.


[Middle English frok, a monk's habit, from Old French froc, from Medieval Latin froccus, of Germanic origin.]
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