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smock

UK/smɒk/ US/smɑk/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

verb

1.

embellish by sewing in lines crossing each other diagonally

  • “The folk dancers wore smocked shirts”

Origin

From Middle English smok, from Old English smocc, smoc, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“something slipped into”). Akin to Old High German smocho, Icelandic smokkur, and from the root of Old English smugan (“to creep”), akin to German schmiegen (“to cling to, press close”). Middle High German smiegen, Icelandic smjúga (“to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through”); compare with Lithuanian smukti (“to glide”). See also smug, smuggle.

Phrases

  • lady smock
  • lady's smock
  • land smock
  • smock mill
  • smock race

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