Middle English Dictionary Entry
nāprō̆n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nāprō̆n n. Also napronne, nap(p)eron, naproun, naperoun, naprun & apron, h)aperon. |
| Etymology | OF naperon tablecloth. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An apron; also, a bishop's apron; ~ tabbe, an apron string or strap.
Associated quotations
- (1326) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9915 : In 20 ulnis linee tele pro Naprouns.
- (1329-30) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9916 : Canab. pro Naprouns, Streyngours, cingulis, et plustulis.
- (1368) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.90 : [2] naperouns, [12 d.].
- (1371) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3511 : In ij aprons..emptis pro cementariis in fabrica.
- (1390) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.569 : Ibidem unum naperon et unum kerchef depredavit.
- (1401) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.83 : [An] aperon [worth 4 d.].
- (1420) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.74 : [8] haperons, [16 d.].
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)660/34 : Limas: naprune.
- (1428) in Salzman Building in Engl.80 : [2] napronys [of leather].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)25 : Barmclothe, or naprun: Limas.
- (1446) Doc.in Sur.Soc.45102 : De naperon tabbes, xij d.
- (1455) *Court R.Long Bennington : [Theft of] i naperon, pr. ii d.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)33 : With hir napron feir & white I-wassh, She wypid sofft hir eyen.
- (1466) Paston (Gairdner)4.229 : For ii napronnes to Richard Lynstede, x d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)84a : A Napperone: limas vbi barmeclathe.
- a1600(1408-17) Rec.St.Mary at Hillp.xcvi : Item, ij Elnes of new lynnen clothe for an Apron for the Busshop and for Brachyals.