Apron

Leather apron
Leather apron (© MikiNikoloski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Reference

Greek σιμικίνθιον (simikinthion)

Description and usage

The apron was a cloth or piece of leather wrapped by a workman around his waist or chest to protect his clothes.


Translation

In some languages “apron” may be rendered “workman’s cloth” or “work­man’s cloth to protect clothing.”

For the meaning of “ephod” as a kind of work apron, see Ephod.

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