apron

Meaning

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.

pinafore

forestage

endless belt

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

_ra [h

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

dam board

baffle plate

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.pɹən/

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.

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