Apron

ā′prun, n. a cloth or piece of leather worn before one to protect the dre , or as part of a distinctive official dre , as by Freemasons, .—aprons of silk or the like are often worn by ladies for mere ornament: the short ca ock ordinarily worn by English bishops: anything resembling an apron in shape or use, as a gig-apron, .— v.t. to cover with, as with an apron.— adj. A′proned .— ns. A′pron-man ( Shak. ), a man who wears an apron, a mechanic; A′pron-string , a string by which an apron is attached to the person.— To be tied to a woman's apron-strings , to be bound to a woman as a child is bound to its mother. [O. Fr. naperon — nappe , cloth, tablecloth—L. mappa , a napkin.]