apron

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
  2. noun (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
  3. noun the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)

Etymology

Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.

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