- Smock Linen
- SMOCK LINENA 19th century coarse linen cloth used for coats, aprons, smocks, screens, etc. It was a green linen material.
Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.
Smock Linen
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Smock-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.… … Wikipedia
smock 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… … Useful english dictionary
smock — smocklike, adj. /smok/, n. 1. a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working. v.t. 2. to clothe in a smock. 3. to draw (a fabric) by needlework into a honeycomb pattern with diamond shaped recesses. [bef. 1000; ME… … Universalium
smock — noun 1》 a loose dress or blouse having the upper part closely gathered in smocking. 2》 a loose overall worn to protect one s clothes. ↘(also smock frock) historical a smocked linen overgarment worn by an agricultural worker. verb decorate… … English new terms dictionary
smock — n. & v. n. 1 a loose shirtlike garment with the upper part closely gathered in smocking. 2 (also smock frock) a loose overall, esp. hist. a field labourer s outer linen garment. v.tr. adorn with smocking. Etymology: OE smoc, prob. rel. to OE… … Useful english dictionary
smock frock — a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers. Cf. blouse (def. 3). [1790 1800] * * * … Universalium
smock — North Country (Newcastle) Words the under linen of a female snake stones petrified shell fish or ammonites … English dialects glossary
smock-frock — a coarse linen shirt worn over the coat by waggoners, &c. called in the South a GABERDINE … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
1500-1550 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1500 1550 in Western Europe is marked the age of nudity by voluminous clothing worn in an abundance of layers (one reaction to the cooling temperatures of the Little Ice Age, especially in Northern Europe and the British… … Wikipedia
1750–1795 in fashion — Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and their Daughter Anne by Charles Willson Peale, Philadelphia, 1772 Fashion in the period 1750–1795 in European and European influenced countries reached heights of fantasy and abundant… … Wikipedia
Chemise — For the wall in fortification, see Chemise (wall). Fashionable young man in early 16th century Germany showed a lot of fine linen in a studied negligee. This unidentified gentleman has a band of smocking round the collar of his shift. (Portrait… … Wikipedia
