Words Like APRON
We have put together a list of words that are similar to APRON.
4 Alternative Words Similar to apron
10 definitions of apron
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. A piece of apparel made in various ways for covering the front of the person more or less completely.
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. Anything resembling an apron in shape or use.
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. 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.
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4. In mech., the piece that holds the cutting-tool of a plane.
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5. Any device for protecting a surface of earth from the action of moving water.
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To put an apron on; furnish with an apron; cover as with an apron.
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In mining, a block of timber forming an off-set to a pump-rod.
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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.
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The vertical portion of the slide-rest of an engine-lathe which carries the clasp-nut and the gearing for the feed.
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The slide or grate of a punching- or shearing-machine.