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]
- noun protection
- 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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