apron

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of clothing worn over the front of your clothes to keep them clean, especially when cooking.

   She tied an apron around her waist before making dinner.

2. 2
   noun

   A hard, flat area at an airport where planes are parked.

   The plane was parked on the airport apron.

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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