English-Thai Dictionary

apron

N ที่ กำบัง  ti-kam-bang

 

apron

N ผ้ากันเปื้อน  pa-kan-puean

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APRON

n. 1. A cloth or piece of leather worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean, or defend them from injury.
2. The fat skin covering the belly of a goose.
3. In gunnery, a flat piece of lead that covers the vent of a cannon.
4. In ships, a piece of curved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
5. A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, on which the dock gates are shut.
6. A piece of lether or other thing to be spread before a person riding in a gig, chaise or sulky, to defend him from rain, snow or dust.

 

APRONED

a.Wearing an apron.

 

APRON-MAN

n.A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APRON

A "pron, n. Etym: [OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See Map. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as, (a ) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. (b ) 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. "The weather being too hot for the apron. " Hughes. (c ) (Gun. ) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. (d ) (Shipbuilding ) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel. Totten. (e ) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut. (f ) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent. (g ) (Mech. ) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer. (h ) (Plumbing ) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing. (i ) (Zoöl.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.

 

APRONED

APRONED A "proned, a.

 

Defn: Wearing an apron. A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope.

 

APRONFUL

A "pron *ful, n.; pl. Apronfuls.

 

Defn: The quality an apron can hold.

 

APRONLESS

APRONLESS A "pron *less, a.

 

Defn: Without an apron.

 

APRON MAN

APRON MAN A "pron man `.

 

Defn: A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

APRON STRING

APRON STRING A "pron string `.

 

Defn: The string of an apron. To be tied to a wife's or mother's apron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother. He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives. Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

apron

a pron |ˈāprən ˈeɪprən | ▶noun 1 a protective or decorative garment worn over the front of one's clothes and tied at the back. • a similar garment worn as part of official dress, as by an Anglican bishop or a Freemason. • a sheet of lead worn to shield the body during an X-ray examination. 2 a small area adjacent to another larger area or structure: a tiny apron of garden. • a hard-surfaced area on an airfield used for maneuvering or parking aircraft. • (also apron stage ) a projecting strip of stage for playing scenes in front of the curtain. • a broadened area of pavement at the end of a driveway. • the narrow strip of the floor of a boxing ring lying outside the ropes. • the outer edge or border of a golf green. • Geology an extensive outspread deposit of sediment, typically at the foot of a glacier or mountain. 3 an object resembling an apron in shape or function, in particular: • a covering protecting an area or structure, for example, from water erosion. • [ often as modifier ] an endless conveyor made of overlapping plates: apron feeders bring coarse ore to a grinding mill. • Medicine a pendulous fold of abdominal fat that obscures the genital region. PHRASES ( tied to ) someone's apron strings (too much under ) the influence and control of someone: we have all met sturdy adults who are tied to mother's apron strings. ORIGIN Middle English naperon, from Old French, diminutive of nape, nappe ‘tablecloth, ’ from Latin mappa ‘napkin. ’ The n was lost by wrong division of a napron; compare with adder .

 

aproned

aproned ▶adjective wearing an apron: aproned waiters in white caps.

 

Oxford Dictionary

apron

apron |ˈeɪpr (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a protective garment worn over the front of one's clothes and tied at the back. • a garment similar to an apron that is worn as part of official dress, as by a bishop or Freemason. • a sheet of lead worn to shield the body during an X-ray examination. 2 a small area adjacent to another larger area or structure: a tiny apron of garden. • a hard-surfaced area on an airfield used for manoeuvring or parking aircraft. • (also apron stage ) a projecting strip of stage for playing scenes in front of the curtain. • US an area of asphalt where the drive of a house meets the road. • the narrow strip of a boxing ring lying outside the ropes. 3 Geology an extensive outspread deposit of sediment, typically at the foot of a glacier or mountain. 4 [ often as modifier ] an endless conveyor made of overlapping plates: apron feeders bring coarse ore to a grinding mill. PHRASES tied to someone's apron strings too much under someone's influence and control. ORIGIN Middle English naperon, from Old French, diminutive of nape, nappe ‘tablecloth ’, from Latin mappa ‘napkin ’. The n was lost by wrong division of a napron; compare with adder 1 .

 

aproned

aproned ▶adjective wearing an apron: aproned waiters in white caps.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

apron

apron noun pinafore, smock, overall, bib, bib apron; butcher's apron, cobbler's apron, cobbler's smock.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

apron

apron noun a striped butcher's apron: pinafore, overall; informal pinny.

 

Spanish Dictionary

aprontar

aprontar verbo transitivo 1 Disponer una cosa con rapidez .2 Entregar una cosa, especialmente dinero, sin demora .

 

apronte

apronte nombre masculino 1 RPlata coloquial Preparativo para realizar algo :los aprontes para una fiesta .Se usa más en plural .2 Urug coloquial Conjunto de objetos para el hogar que una pareja prepara antes de casarse, especialmente el de ropa blanca como manteles, sábanas, toallas, etc. :cuando se casaron no necesitaron comprar nada, la familia les había preparado todo el apronte .irse en aprontes Arg, Urug Dilatar [una persona ] los preparativos para realizar una acción y no llevarla a cabo :se fue en aprontes con los estudios y, finalmente, ni se inscribió en la universidad .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

apron

a pron /éɪpr (ə )n / (! a-は /eɪ /) 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 エプロン .2 〘劇 〙エプロンステージ (apron stage ) 〘客席に突き出た張り出し舞台; →theater 〙.3 〘空 〙エプロン 〘格納庫 ターミナルビルに隣接する舗装された部分; →airport 〙.～́ str ì ngs ｟くだけて ｠エプロンのひも ; (通例女性の )努力, 影響 (力 ); 親子の関係 ▸ be tied to one's wife's [mother's ] apron strings 妻 [母 ]の言いなりになっている, 尻にしかれている ▸ Karen still hasn't cut the apron strings .カレンはまだ親離れできていない