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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·pron / ˈāprən/ • n. 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. ∎ 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 outer edge or border of a golf green. ∎ Geol. an extensive outspread deposit of sediment, typically at the foot of a glacier or mountain. 3. an object resembling an apron, in particular: ∎ a covering protecting an area or structure, for example, from water erosion. ∎ an endless conveyor made of overlapping plates: [as adj.] apron feeders bring coarse ore to a grinding mill. PHRASES: (tied to) someone's apron strings (too much under) the influence and control of someone.

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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

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1. A strengthening timber used behind the lower part of the stem and above the foremost end of the keel of a wooden boat or ship. It takes the fastenings of the fore-hoods or planking of the bow, and was also sometimes known as a stomach-piece.

2. Apron of a gun, a piece of lead sheet which, in the days of muzzle-loading guns, was laid over the touch-hole to protect the vent from damp.

3. Apron of a dock, the platform rising where the gates are closed and on which the sill is fastened.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

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1. Panel below a window-cill, often carved and enriched.

2. In an apron- or curtain-wall, a spandrel or infill-panel between a window-cill above and a window-head below, as in a tall building.

3. Ornamental work below the cornice or eaves of a verandah, i.e. valance.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

apron XV. Evolved by misdivision of a napron as an apron (cf. ADDER); ME. napron, -(o)un (XIV) — OF. naperon (mod. napperon), f. nape, nappe table-cloth (see NAPKIN).

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T. F. HOAD. "apron." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

apron a defined area, on an airfield, intended to accommodate aircraft for purposes of loading or unloading passengers or cargo, refueling, parking, or maintenance.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

apron. The shortened form of cassock which is part of the distinctive dress of Anglican bishops, deans, and archdeacons. It is now seldom worn.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

apron •Aran, Arran, baron, barren, Darren, Karen, Sharon, yarran •Biafran, saffron •plastron • Saharan • Sumatran •heron, perron •rhododendron • chevron •Aaron, Charon, Dáil Eireann •apron •matron, patron •Libran •decahedron, dodecahedron, octahedron, polyhedron, tetrahedron •children • citron • grandchildren •stepchildren • godchildren •schoolchildren •Byron, Chiron, environ, Myron, siren •sporran, warren •squadron • Cochran •Andorran, Doran, Lauren, loran •cauldron •Kieran, Madeiran, schlieren •Honduran, Van Buren •Aldebaran • Auberon • Acheron •Cameron, Decameron •cateran, Lateran •veteran •dipteran, hemipteran •lepidopteran • Lutheran

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