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smock

 
/smɑk/ n [C]

Definition

a piece of clothing like a long shirt that is worn loosely over other clothing to protect it when working: an artist’s smock a painting/gardening smock
(Definition of smock n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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