Apron
['eɪpr(ə)n] or ['eprən]
Definition
(noun.) a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing.
(noun.) a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used.
(noun.) (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green.
Editor: Luke--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
(n.) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.
(n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
(n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.
(n.) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
(n.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
(n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
(n.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.
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Definition
n. a cloth or piece of leather worn before one to protect the dress or as part of a distinctive official dress as by Freemasons &c.—aprons of silk or the like are often worn by ladies for mere ornament: the short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops: anything resembling an apron in shape or use as a gig-apron &c.—v.t. to cover with as with an apron.—adj. A′proned.—ns. A′pron-man (Shak.) a man who wears an apron a mechanic; A′pron-string a string by which an apron is attached to the person.—To be tied to a woman's apron-strings to be bound to a woman as a child is bound to its mother.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of an apron, signifies a zigzag course, for a young woman. For a school girl to dream that her apron is loosened, or torn, implies bad lessons, and lectures in propriety from parents and teachers.
Checker: Mattie
Examples
- There was a pretty woman at the back of the shop, dancing a little child in her arms, while another little fellow clung to her apron. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The lady was very happy at the flowers, Nastasia said, smoothing her apron. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The door opened again, and Topsy, her eyes swelled with crying, appeared, holding something under her apron. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At that moment, Mistress Affery (of course, the woman with the apron) dropped the candlestick she held, and cried out, 'There! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Bishop then--jauntily stepping out a little with his well-shaped right leg, as though he said to Mr Merdle 'don't mind the apron; a mere form! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- To my surprise, it was a woman who answered the summons, a large, coarse-faced, elderly woman, in an apron. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- When you come down-stairs into the kitchen with the candle in your hand, and hitched my apron off my head. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She commenced to cry and put the papers in her apron pocket. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mrs. Peggotty with the white apron, was knitting on the opposite side of the fire. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mary sat down on the first chair she came to, and throwing her apron over her head, began to cry. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I wish my favorite playmate Kitty Bryant to have the blue silk apron and my gold-bead ring with a kiss. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She wore her neat indoor dress and silk apron. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They both came to the door, and a chain grated, and a woman with her apron thrown over her face and head stood in the aperture. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You could lead some doting fool; you might pin him to your apron. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Gathering an armful of his books out of my desk, I filled my apron and poured them in a heap upon his estrade, at his feet. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Is sure he is at the head of a lodge, and wears short aprons, and is made a perfect idol of with candlesticks and trowels. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I felt bad but did not fret I bear my troubles well but I do wish Hannah would put more starch in my aprons and have buckwheats every day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Twelve men waited in the yard, some in their shirt-sleeves, some in blue aprons. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The cutting room is a light, airy room with a high ceiling, and everything in it seems a perfect example of cleanliness, and men all work with white aprons, jackets and caps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His men cleanse their fingers on their woollen aprons before presuming to touch their foreheads to Mr Boffin or Lady. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was three o'clock before they took off their aprons, and released Penelope (much the worse for the vehicle), and cleaned themselves of their mess. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The girls and men employed all wear clean white aprons, jackets and caps, and no effort is spared in keeping everything and everybody in the place in an ideal condition. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Two coves in vhite aprons--touches their hats ven you walk in--“Licence, Sir, licence? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Both Peggotty and Mrs. Gummidge had their aprons to their eyes, and Ham had just stepped out 'to take a turn on the beach'. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Many of the women hid their faces in their aprons. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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