| • | 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. |
