smock

  • 31smock-faced — smockˈ faced adjective Pale faced • • • Main Entry: ↑smock …

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  • 32smock|ing — «SMOK ihng», noun. a honeycomb pattern made of lines of stitches crossing each other diagonally and gathering the material, used to ornament dresses or other clothing: »I wore brown holland smocks for everyday…blue serge with scarlet smocking for …

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  • 33Smock-frock — A smock frock or smock is an outer garment worn by rural workers in England and Wales from at least the early eighteenth century. The traditional smock frock is made of heavy linen or wool and varies from thigh length to mid calf length.… …

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  • 34Smock Parachutist DPM — The Smock, Parachutist DPM , known simply as the Para Smock, was the replacement for the Denison Smock used by the British Army s Parachute Regiment and parachute trained troops. It was introduced in the mid 1970s, after the British Army s… …

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  • 35Smock mill — The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides, on top of which is a roof or cap, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind. This type of windmill got… …

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  • 36Smock Windproof DPM — The Smock, Windproof, DPM (or, DPM Windproof Smock ) was issued alongside the standard DPM Combat Jackets by the British Army. The Special Air Service Regiment was the first unit to adopt its own design of DPM Windproof Smock which it wore in… …

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  • 37smock mill — noun or smock windmill Etymology: so called from the fancied resemblance of its shape to a person dressed in a smock : a windmill whose cap alone turns round to meet the wind * * * a windmill with sails and shaft carried by a cap rotating on an… …

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  • 38Smock frock — Frock Frock (fr[o^]k), 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;… …

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  • 39smock frock — noun : a loose shirtlike outer garment of coarse linen or cotton worn by workmen especially in Europe * * * a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers. Cf. blouse (def. 3). [1790 1800] * * * smock frock, a… …

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  • 40smock frock — n. coarse loose smock worn by laborers mainly in Europe …

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