Apron
English Meaning
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.
- A garment, usually fastened in the back, worn over all or part of the front of the body to protect clothing.
- Something, such as a protective shield for a machine, that resembles this garment in appearance or function.
- 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.
- A covering or structure along a shoreline for protection against erosion.
- 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.
- To cover, protect, or provide with an apron.
