Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Frock \Frock\, v. t.
1. To clothe in a frock.
2. To make a monk of. Cf. {Unfrock}.
Source : WordNet®
frock
n : a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn:
{dress}]
v : put a frock on