apronlike

English

Etymology

apron +‎ -like

Adjective

apronlike (comparative more apronlike, superlative most apronlike)

  1. Resembling an apron.
    • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 15, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 80:
      I had buttoned up the collar [of the dress] and tied the belt, apronlike, in back.
    • 1992, Keith L Moore, Clinically oriented anatomy:
      As a result, the apronlike greater omentum is composed of four layers of peritoneum.

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