frocking

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1. a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
2. a loose outer garment worn by peasants and workers; smock.
3. a coarse outer garment with large sleeves, worn by monks.
4. frock coat.

verb (used with object)

5. to provide with, or clothe in, a frock.
6. to invest with priestly or clerical office.

noun

1. coarse material suitable for making frocks or work clothes

noun

1. a girl’s or woman’s dress
2. a loose garment of several types, such as a peasant’s smock
3. a coarse wide-sleeved outer garment worn by members of some religious orders

verb

4. (tr) to invest (a person) with the office or status of a cleric

n.

mid-14c., from Old French froc “a monk’s habit” (12c.), of unknown origin; perhaps from Frankish *hrok or some other Germanic source (cf. Old High German hroc “mantle, coat;” Old Norse rokkr, Old English rocc, Old Frisian rokk, German Rock “coat”), from PIE root *rug- “to spin.”

Another theory traces it to Medieval Latin floccus, from Latin floccus “flock of wool.” Meaning “outer garment for women or children” is from 1530s. Frock-coat attested by 1823.

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