apron
apron definition
apron (ā′prən)
noun
- a garment of cloth, leather, etc. worn over the front part of the body, usually to protect one's clothes
- anything like an apron in appearance or use; specif.,
- a covering or extending part for protecting or shielding a structure, machine, etc.
- a waterproof protecting shield in an open vehicle
- the hard-surfaced area, often paved, in front of or next to the terminal or hangars of an airport
- a broadened part of an automobile driveway, as where it joins the roadway
- the part of a proscenium stage in front of the arch
- an endless belt for carrying things
- a protective work of planking or other material along a river bank, below a dam, etc.
Etymology: by faulty separation of a napron < ME napron < OFr naperon < nape, a cloth < L mappa, napkin
transitive verb
to put an apron on or provide an apron for
Related Forms:
- apronlike a′pron·like′ adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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