smocklike
noun
1.
a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
verb (used with object)
2.
to clothe in a smock.
3.
to draw (a fabric) by needlework into a honeycomb pattern with diamond-shaped recesses.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English smocc; orig. name for a garment with a hole for the head; compare Old Norse smjūga to put on (a garment) over the head
before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English smocc; orig. name for a garment with a hole for the head; compare Old Norse smjūga to put on (a garment) over the head
Related forms
smock·like, adjective
un·smocked, adjective
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smock (smɒk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any loose protective garment, worn by artists, laboratory technicians, etc |
| 2. | a woman's loose blouse-like garment, reaching to below the waist, worn over slacks, etc |
| 3. | Also called: smock frock a loose protective overgarment decorated with smocking, worn formerly esp by farm workers |
| 4. | archaic a woman's loose undergarment, worn from the 16th to the 18th centuries |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to ornament (a garment) with smocking |
| [Old English smocc; related to Old High German smocco, Old Norse smokkr blouse, Middle High German gesmuc decoration] | |
| 'smocklike | |
| —adj | |
| smock (smɒk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any loose protective garment, worn by artists, laboratory technicians, etc |
| 2. | a woman's loose blouse-like garment, reaching to below the waist, worn over slacks, etc |
| 3. | Also called: smock frock a loose protective overgarment decorated with smocking, worn formerly esp by farm workers |
| 4. | archaic a woman's loose undergarment, worn from the 16th to the 18th centuries |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to ornament (a garment) with smocking |
| [Old English smocc; related to Old High German smocco, Old Norse smokkr blouse, Middle High German gesmuc decoration] | |
| 'smocklike | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
smock
O.E. smoc "woman's garment," from P.Gmc. *smukkaz (cf. O.N. smokkr, but this is perhaps from O.E., O.H.G. smoccho "smock," a rare word, N.Fris. smok, but this, too, perhaps from Eng.), from PIE base *smeugh- "to press" (cf. O.C.S. smykati se "to creep"). Original notion seems to be "garment one creeps
into," as the word is related to O.N. smjuga "to creep into (a garment)" and O.E. smugan "to creep" and smygel "a burrow." Cf. also Ger. schmiegen "to cling to, to press close, nestle," hence M.H.G. verb smucken, Ger. schmucken "to adorn." Eng. smock was common down to 18c., and was emblematic of womanhood generally, cf. verb smock "to render (a man) effeminate or womanish" (1614); smock-face "person having a pale, effeminate face" (1605). Replaced by euphemistic shift (n.2). Modern meaning "woman's or child's loose dress or blouse" is from 1907; sense of "loose garment worn by artists over other clothes" is from 1938.
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