| • | 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. |