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apron

[ ey-pruhn ]

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.
  8. Civil Engineering.
    1. any device for protecting a surface of earth, as a riverbank, from the action of moving water.
    2. 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)

  1. to put an apron on; furnish with an apron.
  2. to surround in the manner of an apron:

    The inner city is aproned by low-cost housing.

apron

/ ˈeɪprən /

noun

  1. a protective or sometimes decorative or ceremonial garment worn over the front of the body and tied around the waist
  2. the part of a stage extending in front of the curtain line; forestage
  3. a hard-surfaced area in front of or around an aircraft hangar, terminal building, etc, upon which aircraft can stand
  4. a continuous conveyor belt composed usually of slats linked together
  5. a protective plate screening the operator of a machine, artillery piece, etc
  6. a ground covering of concrete or other material used to protect the underlying earth from water erosion
  7. a panel or board between a window and a skirting in a room
  8. geology a sheet of sand, gravel, etc, deposited at the front of a moraine
  9. golf the part of the fairway leading onto the green
  10. machinery the housing for the lead screw gears of a lathe
  11. See skirt
    another name for skirt
  12. tied to someone's apron strings
    tied to someone's apron strings dependent on or dominated by someone, esp a mother or wife


verb

  1. tr to protect or provide with an apron

apron

/ āprən /

  1. 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.


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  • apron·like adjective
  • un·aproned adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of apron1

1275–1325; 1925–30 apron fordef 6; 1900–05 apron fordef 8; Middle English napron (by later misconstruing a napron as an apron ) < Middle French naperon, equivalent to nape tablecloth (< Latin mappa napkin; map ) + -ron diminutive suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of apron1

C16: mistaken division (as if an apron ) of earlier a napron, from Old French naperon a little cloth, from nape cloth, from Latin mappa napkin

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Example Sentences

The price of admission will cover all the materials needed to leave with some new threads, but guests are welcome to bring some small items of their own to tie-dye — an apron and some rubber gloves couldn’t hurt either.

These grilling aprons keep you clean and the handy pockets give you quick access to spatulas and forks.

If you’ve ever had X-rays done at the dentist and felt an extra sense of relaxation when the hygienist put the leaded apron on your body, you may want to consider a weighted blanket.

This grill pan is perfect for anyone whose father likes to don the tongs and apron and man the BBQ.

I cut the sleeves short on an old shirt, and it works much better than an apron.

An office manager, he says, was wearing an apron with Santa on it.

While caring for patients, clinical staff is heavily robed with gown and apron; three pairs of gloves; a hood; and goggles.

“Nonsense,” he cried, but I noticed his hand trembling under his leathern apron.

Hawberk looked at me and slowly smoothed his leathern apron.

A housekeeper came out to buy some, wiping her hands on her apron.

Sarah was standing on the porch again wiping her hands on her apron, looking away toward the fields.

Shrieking inarticulate anathema, he rushed downstairs, the man in the green baize apron following at his heels.

That evening old Liz filled her teapot, threw her apron over it, and descended to the court to visit Mrs Rampy.

Mrs Rampy broke down at this point and threw her apron over her head to conceal her feelings.

Mrs. Gum dusted a large old-fashioned oak chair with her apron; but he perched himself on one of its elbows.

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