{Smock mill}, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to
meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose
whole building turns on a post.
{Smock race}, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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