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Meaning of 'apron'
Meaning of 'apron' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Apron 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
- The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
- A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot.
- A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.
- A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
- A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.
- A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
- The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
- A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
- The infolded abdomen of a crab.
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