Synonyms for apron

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ey-pruh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ prən

Définition of apron

Origin : mid-15c., faulty separation (cf. adder, umpire) of a napron (c.1300), from Old French naperon "small table-cloth," diminutive of nappe "cloth," from Latin mappa "napkin." Napron was still in use as recently as late 16c. The shift of Latin -m- to -n- was a tendency in Old French (e.g. conter from computare, printemps from primum, natte "mat, matting," from matta). Symbolic of "wife's business" from 1610s. Apron-string tenure was in reference to property held in virtue of one's wife, or during her lifetime only.
Even at his age, he ought not to be always tied to his mother's apron string. [Anne Brontë, "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," 1848]

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Example sentences :

Tillie, at Mrs. McKee's, stood in the doorway and fanned herself with her apron.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Dilly got briskly up and gathered a drawer-full of papers into her apron.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Mrs. Pendleton hurried forward, wiping her hands on her apron as she went.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

"David's harnessin' now," said Mary, beginning to untie her apron.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Mistress Affery, with a suppressed cry, threw her apron over her head.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

It was the Bishop of Helstonleigh, in his laced-up hat and apron, who walked forth.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

And that he done it with an apron on to kape from gettin' burnt and spattered?
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

Then with an air of authority she said: "Pat, off with your apron!"
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

And the Gineral ain't above puttin' an apron on him and makin' gravy.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

She tossed her apron off, and as she went through the house her expression was thoughtful.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

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