Smock-frock, an outer garment of coarse white linen worn by agricultural labourers over their other clothes, especially in the south of England. It is like the French blouse, but longer; and the shoulders are often somewhat elaborately ornamented with neatly sewn folds and pickers.
Smock-frock
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 522
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