Definitions
A dress, especially a simple or loose one.
Word origin
From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] Mrs. Parmly-Coles, in thus frocking her daughter, was no jealous cat but a pearl among mothers.”
“MajGen Richard G. Schulze […] was selected for two-star rank by members of the January selection board. He was frocked on 27 Jan and assigned new duties as CG, MCRD, San Diego.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Simple dress”5 letters
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