What does Apron mean in Construction?
In medieval French, a small cloth was placed over a more elegant tablecloth to protect it from stains.In English of the 14th century, napron was a protective cloth that was placed over clothing rather than on a table.It's hard to tell where words fall in speech, so a napron was wrongly thought to be an apron.The etymological relation of apron to napkin was obscured by the new form apron, which replaced napron in the 17th century.
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Middle English was altered from false division of a napron to a diminutive of nape cloth.
"Apron" can be found in the Dictionary at www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apron.2 Jun.2021.
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