FROCK

frok (simlah; homolinon): The hempen frock, mentioned in Ecclesiasticus 40:4 as a mark of the lowly, was a simple garment consisting of a square piece of cloth wrapped around the body. It is the same as the garment (simlah) which we find the poor man using as his only bed covering by night (Exodus 22:26 f); the traveler, as the receptacle for his belongings (compare Exodus 12:34); and the common people of both sexes as their general outer garments, though there was some difference in appearance between the simlah of the man and that of the woman (Deuteronomy 22:5).

See DRESS.

Ella Davis Isaacs

1. (n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirt like garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.

2. (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.

3. (v. t.) To clothe in a frock.

4. (v. t.) To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.