frock
A simple dress that a woman or girl wears as one piece of clothing.
A simple one-piece dress, especially a light or informal garment worn by a woman or girl.
A long wide piece of clothing that some priests or monks wear as part of their religious clothes.
A long, loose outer garment worn as part of the traditional dress of some Christian clergy or members of religious orders.
To put a frock (a simple dress) on someone.
To dress someone in a frock, especially to put a simple dress on a child or woman.
To make someone a priest or religious leader and give them the special clothes for that job.
To install someone into the office of a priest or member of the clergy, especially by giving them the traditional clerical dress.
- Base: frock
- Plural: frocks
- Base: frock
- 3rd Person Singular: frocks
- Present Participle: frocking
- Past: frocked
- Past Participle: frocked
frock coat
1formal nineteenth-century style men's coat
A formal old-style man’s coat that is tight at the top and wide at the bottom, usually reaching the knees, common in the nineteenth century.
- In the portrait, the politician is dressed in a dark frock coat and top hat.
- Actors in the period drama wore frock coats and high collars to match the era.