apron

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ap·ron [apron aprons] BrE [ˈeɪprən] NAmE [ˈeɪprən] noun
1. a piece of clothing worn over the front of the body, from the chest or the waist down, and tied around the waist. Aprons are worn over other clothes to keep them clean, for example when cooking.
compare ↑pinafore
2. (technical)an area with a hard surface at an airport, where aircraft are turned around, loaded, etc.
3. (also ˈapron stage) (technical) (in a theatre)the part of the stage that is in front of the curtain
Idiom: ↑somebody's apron strings

Word 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.

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