Frock
Frock ( English ) is the name of the upper garment of the religious, especially the Benedictine . The frock is put on over the scapular .
Sometimes the penitential robe with long, wide sleeves that left the feet uncovered was called a frock. A belt was usually worn for this purpose.
The origin of this garment is in the Middle Ages:
Loke houȝ þis loresmen • lordes bytrayen,
Seyn þat þey folwen fully • Fraunceses rewle,
Þat in cotynge of his cope • is more cloþ y-fold
Þan was in Fraunces froc • whan he hem first made.
- Pierce the Plowmans crede , 290-293, ca.1394
In England at the beginning of the 18th century, a long, loosely cut men's skirt of the lower social classes was called the same. In the early 1720s, wealthier country nobility adopted this skirt until the end of the 18th century the frock became a tailcoat .
Individual evidence
- ^ From Walter W. Skeat: Pierce the Plowmans crede. N. Trübner & Co., London 1867