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a⋅pron

[ey-pruh

–noun

1.	a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing: a kitchen apron.

2.	Anglican Church. a similar garment extending to the knees, worn by bishops, deans, and archdeans.

3.	a metal plate or cover, usually vertical, for a machine, mechanism, artillery piece, etc., for protecting those who operate it.

4.	a continuous conveyor belt for bulk materials, consisting of a chain of steel plates.

5.	(in a lathe) a part of the carriage holding the clutches and gears moving the toolholder.

6.	a paved or hard-packed area abutting an airfield's buildings and hangars, where planes are parked, loaded, or the like.

7.	a broad paved area used for parking cars, as at the end of a driveway.

Civil Engineering.

a.	any device for protecting a surface of earth, as a riverbank, from the action of moving water.

b.	a platform to receive the water falling over a dam.

9.	the part of a stage floor in front of the curtain line.

10.	Furniture. skirt (def. 6).

11.	the outer border of a green of a golf course.

12.	the part of the floor of a boxing ring that extends outside the ropes.

13.	Also called skirt. a flat, broad piece of interior window trim immediately beneath the sill.

14.	a strip of metal set into masonry and bent down to cover the upper edge of flashing; counterflashing.

15.	the open part of a pier for loading and unloading vessels.

16.	Nautical. (in a wooden vessel) a piece reinforcing the stem on the after side and leading down to the deadwood.

17.	Geology. a deposit of gravel and sand at the base of a mountain or extending from the edges of a glacier.

18.	the frill of long hairs on the throat and chest of certain long-haired dogs, as the collie.

19.	a structure erected around another structure, as for reinforcement or decoration: a high fence surrounded by a wire apron buried in the ground.

–verb (used with object)

20.	to put an apron on; furnish with an apron.

21.	to surround in the manner of an apron: The inner city is aproned by low-cost housing.

Origin:
1275–1325; 1925–30 for def. 6; 1900–05 for def. 8; ME napron (by later misconstruing a napron as an apron) < MF naperon, equiv. to nape tablecloth (< L mappa napkin; cf. map ) + -ron dim. suffix

Related forms:

a⋅pron⋅like, adjective

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skirt

[skurt]

–noun

1.	the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.

2.	a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn esp. by women and girls.

3.	some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell or a protective and ornamental cloth strip covering the legs of furniture.

4.	a small leather flap on each side of a saddle, covering the metal bar from which the stirrup hangs.

Building Trades.

a.	baseboard (def. 1).

b.	apron (def. 13).

Also called apron. Furniture.

a.	a flat horizontal brace set immediately beneath the seat of a chair, chest of drawers, or the like, to strengthen the legs.

b.	Also called bed, frieze. a flat brace or support immediately beneath a tabletop.

7.	Usually, skirts. the bordering, marginal, or outlying part of a place, group, etc.; the outskirts.

8.	Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a woman or girl.

9.	Rocketry. an outer part of a rocket or missile that provides structural support or houses such systems as avionics or gyroscopes.

–verb (used with object)

10.	to lie on or along the border of: The hills skirt the town.

11.	to border, wrap, or cover with a skirt or something suggesting a skirt in appearance or function.

12.	to pass along or around the border or edge of: Traffic skirts the town.

13.	to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from (something that is controversial, risky, etc.): The senator skirted the issue.

14.	to remove low-grade wool and foreign matter from (the outer edge of fleece).

–verb (used without object)

15.	to be or lie on or along the edge of something.

16.	to move along or around the border of something.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME skirte < ON skyrta shirt

Related forms:

skirtless, adjective

skirtlike, adjective

Synonyms:
13. evade, shun, circle, bypass.

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a·pron (ā'prən)

1. A garment, usually fastened in the back, worn over all or part of the front of the body to protect clothing.
2. Something, such as a protective shield for a machine, that resembles this garment in appearance or function.
3. A covering or structure along a shoreline for protection against erosion.
4. A platform serving a similar purpose below a dam or in a sluiceway.
The paved strip in front of and around airport hangars and terminal buildings.
The part of a stage in a theater extending in front of the curtain.
A platform, as of planking, at the entrance to a dock.
1. A covering or structure along a shoreline for protection against erosion.
2. A platform serving a similar purpose below a dam or in a sluiceway.
A continuous conveyor belt.
An area covered by sand and gravel deposited at the front of a glacial moraine.
A border of slightly longer grass that surrounds a green on a golf course.
The part of a boxing ring floor that extends beyond the ropes.

tr.v. a·proned, a·pron·ing, a·prons
To cover, protect, or provide with an apron.

[Middle English, from an apron, alteration of a napron, from Old French naperon, diminutive of nape, tablecloth, from Latin mappa, napkin; see map.]

Apron

A"pron\ ([=a]"p[u^]rn or [=a]"pr[u^]n; 277), n. [OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See Map.]

1. 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.

2. 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.] --Halliwell. (b) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot. "The weather being too hot for the apron." --Hughes. (c) (Gun.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. (d) (Shipbuilding) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel. --Totten. (e) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut. (f) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent. (g) (Mech.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer. (h) (Plumbing) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing. (i) (Zo["o]l.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.

Language Translation for : apron

Spanish: delantal, mandil,

German: die Schürze,

Japanese: エプロン

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apron

1461, faulty separation of a napron (1307), from O.Fr. naperon, dim. of nappe "cloth," from L. mappa "napkin" (cf. adder, umpire). Napron was still found as late as late 16c. Symbolic of "wife's business" from 1611. Apron-string tenure was in ref. to property held in virtue of one's wife, or during her lifetime only.

"Even at his age, he ought not to be always tied to his mother's apron string." [Anne Brontë, "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," 1848]

Main Entry: apron
Pronunciation: 'A-pr&n, -p&rn
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : a garment usually of cloth or plastic usuallytied around the waist and used especially to protect clothing
2 : an anatomical structure that resembles an apron; especially : HOTTENTOT APRON

apron (ā'prən) Pronunciation Key
An area covered by a blanketlike deposit of glacial, eolian, marine, or alluvial sediments, especially an area at the foot of a mountain or in front of a glacier.

Apron

found in the Authorized Version in Gen. 3:7, of the bands of fig-leaves made by our first parents. In Acts 19:12, it denotes the belt or half-girdle worn by artisans and servants round the waist for the purpose of preserving the clothing from injury. In marg. of Authorized Version, Ruth 3:15, correctly rendered instead of "vail." (R.V., "mantle.")

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