apron

noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A protective garment worn over the front of one's clothes and tied at the back, used especially for cooking or working.

  2. 2.

    A hard-surfaced area at an airport where aircraft are parked, loaded, or fueled.

  3. 3.

    The part of a stage that extends in front of the curtain.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    tied to someone's apron strings — too dependent on someone, especially a mother

Related words

See also: garment, protective

Etymology

From Middle English napron (with loss of initial n- through misdivision of "a napron"), from Old French naperon "small tablecloth," diminutive of nape "cloth, tablecloth," from Latin mappa "napkin."