1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;

3. (n.) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.

4. (n.) 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.

5. (n.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.

6. (n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.

7. (n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.

8. (n.) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.

9. (n.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.

10. (n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.

11. (n.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.

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