From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Air, Theatreaprona‧pron /ˈeɪprən/●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる noun [countable]1DFCa piece of clothing that covers the front part of your clothes and is tied around your waist, worn to keep your clothes clean, especially while cooking2 →apron strings3TTA technical the hard surface in an airport on which planes are turned around, loaded, unloaded etc4technical (also apron stage)APT the part of the stage in a theatre that is in front of the curtainExamples from the Corpusapron• He'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubbergloves and apron.• It's as if somebody put June Cleaver's pearlnecklace and apron on Madonna.• Sarah finished the washing-up and, taking off her apron, folded it and placed it in one of the tabledrawers.• She took off her apron and went upstairs from the basement to suggest the extravagance to Irena.• Our divebombers found numerous carrier-type aircraft lined up on the apron of the field and quickly set them ablaze.• One of the cooks came in, judging by the white apron.Originapron(1500-1600)a napron, mistaken for an apron; napron((14-16 centuries)) from Old Frenchnaperon, from nape"cloth"