A'PRON, n. 1. A cloth or piece of leather worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean, or defend them from injury.2. The fat skin covering the belly of a goose.3. In gunnery, a flat piece of lead that covers the vent of a cannon.4. In ships, a piece of curved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.5. A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, on which the dock gates are shut.6. A piece of lether or other thing to be spread before a person riding in a gig, chaise or sulky, to defend him from rain, snow or dust. |
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