FROCK  , originally a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, loose See also:

• GOWN

gown with broad sleeves, more especially that worn by members of the religious orders . The word is derived from the O . Fr. froc, of somewhat obscure origin; in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• LAT

Lat. froccus appears also as floccus, which, if it is the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original, as Du Cange suggests (literula mutata), would connect the word with " fleck " (q.v.), properly a tuft of See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool . Another See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion refers the word to the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock, a coat (cf . " See also:

• ROCHET (Lat. rochettum, from the late Lat. roccus, connected with the O.H.Ger. rock, roc and the A.S. rocc; Fr. rocket, Ital. rocchetto, Sp. roquete, Ger. Rochett, Chorkleid)

rochet "), which in some rare instances is found as hrock . The formal stripping off of the frock became See also:

• PART

part of the ceremony of degradation or deprivation in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of a condemned See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk; hence the expression " to unfrock " (med . Lat. defrocare, Fr. defroquer) used of the degradation of monks and of priests from See also:

• HOLY

holy orders . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages " frock "was also used of a long loose coat worn by men and of a coat of See also:

• MAIL

mail, the "frock of mail." In something of this sense the word survived into the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century for a coat with long skirts, now called the " frock coat." The word in now chiefly used in See also:

• ENGLISH

English for a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child's or See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young girl's See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, of See also:

• BODY

body and skirt, but is frequently used of a woman's dress . Du Cange (Glossarium, s.v. floats) quotes an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early use of the word for a woman's garment (Miracula S . Udalrici, ap . See also:

• MABILLON, JOHN (1632-1707)

Mabillon, Ada Sanctorum See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict. saec. v. p . 466) .

Here a woman, possessed of a See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

devil, is cured, and sends her garments to the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint, and a See also:

• DALMATIC (Lat. dalmatica, tunica dalmatica)

dalmatic is ordered to be made out of the flocus or frocus . " Frock " also appears in the " smock frock," once the typical See also:

• OUTER

outer garment of the English See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant . It consists of a loose See also:

• SHIRT

shirt of See also:

• LINEN

linen or other material, worn over the other clothes and See also:

• HANGING

hanging to about the See also:

• KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

knee; its characteristic feature is the " smocking," a puckered See also:

• HONEYCOMB

honeycomb stitching See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck and shoulders .