smock

smock
smocklike, adj.
/smok/, n.
1. a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
v.t.
2. to clothe in a smock.
3. to draw (a fabric) by needlework into a honeycomb pattern with diamond-shaped recesses.
[bef. 1000; ME (n.), OE smocc; orig. name for a garment with a hole for the head; cf. ON smjuga to put on (a garment) over the head]

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also called  chemise 

      loose, shirtlike garment worn by women in the European Middle Ages under their gowns. The smock eventually developed into a loose, yoked, shirtlike (shirt) outer garment of coarse linen, used to protect the clothes; it was worn, for example, by peasants in Europe. Modern smocks are loose, lightweight, sleeved garments, often worn to protect the clothes while working. Artists traditionally wore smocks to protect their clothing from paint, marble dust, or any other detritus from the medium in which they worked. Smocks have also been popular garments for pregnant women.

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  • smock — [smɔk US sma:k] n [: Old English; Origin: smoc] 1.) a long, loose shirt or a loose dress 2.) a loose piece of clothing worn by artists or other workers to protect their other clothing …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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