Words Like APRON

We have put together a list of words that are similar to APRON.

4 Alternative Words Similar to apron

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10 definitions of apron

1 . A piece of apparel made in various ways for covering the front of the person more or less completely.
2 . Anything resembling an apron in shape or use.
3 . In ship carpentry, a piece of curved timber placed in a ship just above the foremost end of the keel, to join together the several pieces of the stem. Also called stomach-piece. See cut under stem.
4 4. In mech., the piece that holds the cutting-tool of a plane.
5 5. Any device for protecting a surface of earth from the action of moving water.
6 To put an apron on; furnish with an apron; cover as with an apron.
7 In mining, a block of timber forming an off-set to a pump-rod.
8 In gold-milling, the amalgamated copper plates outside of a stamp-battery, used to collect the gold from the pulp which flows over these plates in a thin stream from the mortar. Also apron-plate.
9 The vertical portion of the slide-rest of an engine-lathe which carries the clasp-nut and the gearing for the feed.
10 The slide or grate of a punching- or shearing-machine.
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