Definitions
embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally
Word origin
From Middle English smok, from Old English smocc, smoc, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“something slipped into”).
Used in a sentence
“And women were in that gabarre [boat]; whom the Red Nightcaps were stripping naked; who begged, in their agony, that their smocks might not be stript from them.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Protective garment”5 letters
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