apron
/ˈeɪ.pɹən/ noun, verb
Forms aprons aproning aproned napron
- noun An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. “She tied an apron around her waist before cooking dinner.”
- noun The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
- noun (aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal. “The plane was parked on the airport apron.”
- noun The spreading end of a driveway.
- noun The paved area below the yellow line on a racetrack.
- noun The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.
- noun The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
- noun (pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
- verb (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, an apron.
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Etymology
Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.
Webster’s 1913
- noun An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.
- noun Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as, (a) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck. [Prov. Eng.]
Etymology [OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See Map.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “apron”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details