pinafore
noun
- sleeveless apronlike garments which have a skirt and a bodice portion and which cover the front, sides, and a portion of the back
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪ.nəˌfɔ(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: Univerbation of pin + afore. The pinafore was originally pinned to the front of a dress, as it had no buttons.
- A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
““He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks, and their clean white pinafores.”
“She was a strangely thin girl in a dark pinafore, with a pink handkerchief tied over her hair.”
verb
Etymology: Univerbation of pin + afore. The pinafore was originally pinned to the front of a dress, as it had no buttons.
- To dress in a pinafore.