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Definitions for Smocking
[1] smocked needlework.
[2] embroidery stitches used to hold gathered cloth in even folds.
[3] a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
[4] to clothe in a smock.
[5] to draw (a fabric) by needlework into a honeycomb pattern with diamond-shaped recesses.
[6] ornamental needlework used to gather and stitch material in a honeycomb pattern so that the part below the gathers hangs in even folds
[7] any loose protective garment, worn by artists, laboratory technicians, etc
[8] a woman's loose blouse-like garment, reaching to below the waist, worn over slacks, etc
[9] Also called: smock frock a loose protective overgarment decorated with smocking, worn formerly esp by farm workers
[10] archaic a woman's loose undergarment, worn from the 16th to the 18th centuries
[11] to ornament (a garment) with smocking
Words related to Smocking
pleat, layer, convolution, corrugation, bend, cockle, gathering, ridge, overlap, ruck, crimp, ruffle, plication, ply, wrinkle, lap, furrow, circumvolution, gather, pucker
Words nearby Smocking
smitten, smitty, smock, smock frock, smock mill, smocking, smog, smogbound, smoggy, smokable, smoke
Origin of Smocking
before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English smocc; orig. name for a garment with a hole for the head; compare Old Norse smjūga to put on (a garment) over the head
Other words from Smocking
smock·like , adjective
un·smocked , adjective
Word origin for Smocking
Old English smocc; related to Old High German smocco, Old Norse smokkr blouse, Middle High German gesmuc decoration
Synonyms for Smocking
bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plication, ply, pucker, ridge, ruck, ruffle, shirring, tuck, turn, wrinkle, crumple, dog's ear, plicature, rimple, rivel, ruche, rumple