an article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. it is commonly tied at the waist by strings.-something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;-the fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.-a piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot.-a leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.-a piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.-a platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.-a flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.-the piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.-a strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.-the infolded abdomen of a crab.