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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frock \Frock\, n. [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 shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other 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 double-breasted, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frock \Frock\, v. t. 1. To clothe in a frock. 2. To make a monk of Cf {Unfrock}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: frock n : a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn: {dress}] v : put a frock on
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