n.
- a protective garment covering the front of one's clothes and tied at the back.
- a small area adjacent to another larger area or structure.
▸an area on an airfield used for manoeuvring or parking aircraft.
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(also apron stage)
a strip of stage that projects in front of the curtain.
- an endless conveyor made of overlapping plates.
Phrase
- tied to someone's apron strings
under someone's influence and control to an excessive degree.
Derivative
Etymology
ME naperon, from OFr., dimin. of nape, nappe ‘tablecloth’, from L. mappa ‘napkin’; the n was lost by wrong division of a napron.
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