💚Do You Prefer Frocks ?💛

 

Frock has been used since Middle English as the name for an article of clothing for men and women. But today only female wear the frocks.

Originally, a frock was a loose, long garment with wide, full sleeves, such as the habit of a monk or priest, commonly belted.

From the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century, frock was applied to a woman's dress or gown, in the fashion of the day, often indicating an unfitted, comfortable garment for wear in the house, or (later) a light overdress worn with a slip or underdress.

Frock is also a child's dress or light overdress.

Frock's older meaning is retained in dialect words for men's outer garments:

For the frock girls are very pretty and cute.