frock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a habit worn by clerics
  2. noun a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
    dress.
  3. verb put a frock on

WordNet

Frock noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse hirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their ther 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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To clothe in a frock.
  2. To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.

Webster 1913