Diaper

['daɪəpə] or ['daɪpɚ]

Definition

(noun.) garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement.

(noun.) a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures.

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Definition

(n.) Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.

(n.) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.

(n.) A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.

(n.) An infant's breechcloth.

(v. t.) To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.

(v. t.) To put a diaper on (a child).

(v. i.) To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.

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Definition

n. unbleached linen cloth woven in slightly defined figures used for towels &c.: a pattern for ornamentation woven not coloured in textiles: a floral or geometric pattern in low relief in architecture often repeated over a considerable surface.—v.t. to variegate with figures as diaper.—n. Dī′apering.

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