smock

/smɔk/
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smock

The artist wears a smock to protect her clothes while painting.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A loose, lightweight overgarment, often worn to protect one's clothing while working. It typically has a front opening and may be belted.
    • A long, loose shirt or dress, often gathered at the yoke or waist.

  2. Verb:

    • To decorate (fabric) with smocking, which is a decorative embroidery technique where fabric is gathered and stitched in a patterned, honeycomb-like design.
Usage
  • Noun: Used to refer to a protective or casual garment. It is often associated with artists, laborers, or children.
  • Verb: Used in the context of sewing and textile decoration. The past participle "smocked" is commonly used as an adjective to describe garments featuring this technique.
Examples
  • Noun:
    • The potter wore a clay-stained smock in the studio.
    • She put on a linen smock before starting to garden.
  • Verb / Adjective (smocked):
    • The tailor will smock the bodice of the dress.
    • The child wore a beautifully smocked pinafore.
Advanced Usage
  • "Smock frock": A historical term for a loose outer garment, often made of heavy linen or cotton, worn by European agricultural workers.
    • The farmer in the painting is wearing a traditional smock frock.
  • Used attributively (as a noun modifier):
    • She bought some smock fabric for her sewing project.
    • The exhibition featured smock aprons from the 19th century.
Variants and Related Words
  • Smocked (adj.): Describing fabric or a garment that has been decorated with smocking.
    • a smocked blouse
  • Smocking (n.): The ornamental needlework technique itself.
    • She is an expert in smocking.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Overalls, coverall, apron, pinafore, duster.
  • Verb: Gather, shirr, embroider.
Related Phrases
  • In one's smock: (Archaic) Informally dressed or in one's working clothes.
    • The artist, caught in his smock, welcomed the unexpected guests.
Notes
  • The verb form is primarily used in the context of sewing and fashion design. The noun can denote both a practical work garment and a style of dress or top characterized by its loose fit and often, smocked detailing.
smock

The artist wears a smock to protect her clothes while painting.

Noun
  1. a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
Verb
  1. embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally
    • The folk dancers wore smocked shirts

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