Frŏck, n.

n. [Fr. froc, a monk’s cowl, coat, garment, Pr. floc, a monk’s cowl, a lock or flock of wool, L. Lat. frocus, froccus, flocus, floccus, from Lat. floccus, a flock of wool; hence, originally, a flocky cloth or garment.] An upper coat; an outer garment; especially, a loose, coarse garment worn by men over their other clothes; or a kind of gown, open behind, worn by females and children; also, an ecclesiastical garment, worn by monks.