apron

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
2. The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
3. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
4. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
5. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
6. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
7. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
8. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
9. The sides of a tree's canopy.
10. The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
11. A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.

Verb

To cover with, or as if with, an apron.

Concepts

tablier

aire de trafic

glacis sédimentaire

capot de protection

proscenium

planche de bord

aire en dur

coiffe de protection

piste

tarmac

Synonymes

pinafore

forestage

proscenium

bib

skirt

petticoat

pinny

proscenia

ramp

flap

endless belt

flapper

guard

💂

landslide

lap

lip

napkin

pitching

run-up

siding

underskirt

band conveyer

belt conveyer

earth slide

overskirt

front cover

sandur

sedimentary apron

sediment apron

subsea apron

guard board

land slip

protecting cap

splash board

back plate

bumper plate

rhone streber

lopukni [hhll

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frontal apron

marginal plain

wash plain

morainal plain

outwash apron

morainal apron

frontal plain

outwash plain

overwashplain

hill creep

protection-apron

apron extension

river bottom protection

stop plate

repelling board

Adam

dam board

asper

baffle

baffle plate

blanket

blind

buffer

chaperon

cover

duenna

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.pɹən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.