besmocked

adjective

be·​smocked bi-ˈsmäkt 

bē-

: wearing a smock

Swift we flew, with the wind before, and the dust behind, past wayside inns where besmocked figures paused in their grave discussions to turn and watch us by …

—Jeffery Farnol, The Broad Highway, 1911

A gay Chanel drinks with her besmocked mannequins at traditional champagne party held after first showing of new fall and winter collection.

—Life Magazine, 19 Aug. 1957

Before us are bucolic landscapes, besmocked yokels contentedly reaping and sowing, during a generic once-upon-a-time.

—Martin Coomer, Time Out, 6 Feb. 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

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