aproned

adjective

ˈā-prənd  -pərnd 

: wearing an apron : covered with a protective cloth across the front of the body

an aproned cook

In one shop a swarthy, aproned butcher stood amid his caged menagerie waiting on a man and woman …

—David Butwin, Saturday Review, 3 Apr. 1971

Word History

Etymology

apron entry 1 + -ed entry 1

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined above

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