This article is about the garment. For airport area, see airport ramp. An apron is an outer protective garment that covers primarily the front of the body. It may be worn for hygienic reasons as well as in order to protect clothes from wear and tear. The apron is commonly part of the uniform of several work categories, including waitresses, nurses, and domestic workers. Many homemakers also wear them. It is also worn as a decorative garment by women. Aprons are also worn in many commercial establishments to protect workers clothes from damage, mainly bib aprons. The airport ramp or apron is part of an airport. ...
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In addition to cloth, aprons can be made from a variety of materials. Rubber aprons are commonly used by persons working with dangerous chemicals, and lead aprons are commonly worn by persons such as X-ray technicians who work near radiation. Aprons, such as those used by carpenters, may have many pockets to hold tools. Waterproof household aprons, made of oilcloth or PVC are suitable for cooking and washing dishes.
The word apron is from the metanalysis of the term "a napron" as "an apron". The original spelling of napron has been lost. In linguistics, metanalysis is the act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it. ...
Styles
There are many different apron styles depending on the purpose of the apron. A basic distinction is between waist aprons which cover the body from the waist down and a bib apron which also covers the upper part of the body.
An apron is usually held in place by two ribbon-like strips of cloth that are tied in the back. A bib apron may either have a strap in around the neck (perhaps the most widespread use today), or shoulder straps that criss-cross in the back and attach to the waistband. The advantage of the former design is that it makes it especially simple to put on the bib apron. The advantage of the shoulder strap design is that it makes the apron more comfortable to wear; a neck strap can slightly impair ease of movement.
Other types of aprons include the pinafore and the cobbler apron. There are also aprons that will cover the sleeves. Girl wearing a white pinafore over her dress (about 1910). ...
A cobbler apron (British English: tabard) is a type of apron that covers both the front and back of the body. ...
Some modern day aprons will have humorous expressions, designs or corporate logos.
Aprons in the home
 Woman of the 1920's wearing a full-length house apron with criss-cross straps. The apron was traditionally viewed as an essential garment for anyone doing housework. Cheaper clothes and washing machines made aprons less common beginning in the mid 1960s in some countries such as the United States. However, the practice of wearing aprons remains strong in many places. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 428 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (642 × 900 pixel, file size: 123 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Back and front view of a woman wearing an apron intended for cooking and a house cap of the Dutch bonnet style. ...
Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 428 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (642 × 900 pixel, file size: 123 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Back and front view of a woman wearing an apron intended for cooking and a house cap of the Dutch bonnet style. ...
Today, the apron has enjoyed a minor renaissance in terms of both women and men now wearing them when performing household chores. For instance, an article in the Wall Street Journal claimed in 2005 that the apron is "enjoying a renaissance as a retro-chic fashion accessory" in the United States[1]. However, it still is not as prevalent as it was prior to the 1960s.
Aprons are nowadays considered equally appropriate for both women and men by most people. However, prevailing social norms ensure that women frequently wear more delicate clothing, and may therefore be more likely to want the protection an apron offers.
When domestic workers are supplied a uniform by their employers, an apron is often included. The aprons are worn for hygienic as well as for identification purposes. It has been suggested that servant (domestic) be merged into this article or section. ...
A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organisation whilst participating in that organisations activity. ...
Other meanings The term "apron" also refers to an item of clerical clothing, now largely obsolete, worn by Anglican bishops and archdeacons. The clerical apron resembles a short cassock reaching just above the knee, and is coloured black for archdeacons and purple for bishops. The apron is worn with black gaiters, reaching to just below the knee, and black trousers tucked in the gaiters. The history behind the vesture is that it symbolically represents the mobility of bishops and archdeacons, who at one time would ride horses to visit various parts of a diocese or archdeaconry. In this sense, the apparel was much more practical than a clerical cassock would be. In latter years, this vesture was more symbolic than practical, and since the mid-twentieth century it has fallen out of favour. Clerical clothing is non-liturgical clothing worn exclusively by clergy. ...
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Gaiters are a type of protective clothing for a persons ankles and legs below the knee. ...
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The term is further used more generally to refer to an expanse surrounding some object; for example, an airport can have a concrete "apron" around it, where planes and other vehicles can move about. The flexible lower container of the air cushion of a hovercraft is also called an apron or skirt. The airport ramp or apron is part of an airport. ...
A Hovercraft, or Air-Cushion Vehicle (ACV), is an amphibious vehicle or craft, designed to travel over any sufficiently smooth surface - land or water - supported by a cushion of slowly moving, low-pressure air, ejected downwards against the surface close below it. ...
An apron is another term for linkspan, and is used as a ramp to connect shoreside facilities with a barge or ferry at a ferry slip. A Linkspan or Link-span is a device used mainly in the operation of moving vehicles on and off a Ro-Ro vessel or Ferry. ...
A ferry slip is a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat. ...
An Apron stage is any part of a stage that extends past the proscenium arch and into the audience or seating area. An apron is an outer protective garment that covers primarily the front of the body. ...
References - ^ The apron ascends to costly kitchen couture, The Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2005
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