Apron

Noun

 * 1) An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills.
 * 2) A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
 * 3) The paved area of an airport.
 * 4) The spreading end of a driveway.
 * 5) The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
 * 6) The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
 * 7) The sides of a tree’s canopy.

Adjectives for Apron
gingham; ridiculous; filthy; frilled; generous; snowy; tiny; flowered; humble; thematic; urbane; voluminous; diminutive; coarse; greasy; bitlavish; excessive; lowy; prophylactic; womanish.

Thesaurus
acting area; airstrip; apron stage; backstage; band shell; bandstand; bib; board; bridge; clearway; coulisse; dock; dressing room; fairway; flies; flight deck; fly floor; fly gallery; forestage; greenroom; grid; gridiron; landing deck; landing strip; lightboard; orchestra; orchestra pit; performing area; pinafore; pit; proscenium; proscenium stage; runway; shell; smock; stage; stage left; stage right; strip; switchboard; the boards; tucker; wings

Etymology
Earlier napron:, from napperon:, diminutive of nappe:, from  nappa:. The phrase a napron was reinterpreted as an apron, that is why the initial n is now missing.

Translations

 * Breton: tavañjer -ioù
 * Bulgarian: престилка
 * Catalan: davantal
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏤᏌᏙ (atsesado)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 圍裙, 围裙
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: esiliina, essu
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: avantalo
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: エプロン (epuron)
 * Korean: 앞치마 (apchima)
 * Kurdish:, ,
 * Macedonian: престилка, скутник,  фута
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: avental
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian: pregača, zaprega , opregača
 * Spanish:, mandil
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: kwę̀mų́na (of carpenter)
 * West Frisian: skelk


 * German:


 * Swahili: