'Diaper' definitions:

Definition of 'diaper'

(from WordNet)
noun
Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement [syn: diaper, nappy, napkin]
noun
A fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures

Definition of 'Diaper'

From: GCIDE
  • Diaper \Di"a*per\ (d[imac]"[.a]*p[~e]r), n. [OF. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, It. diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from L. jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See Jasper.]
  • 1. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Fine Arts) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . . Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An infant's breechcloth. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Diaper'

From: GCIDE
  • Diaper \Di"a*per\, v. t.
  • 1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. "Diapered light." --H. Van Laun. [1913 Webster]
  • Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To put a diaper on (a child). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Diaper'

From: GCIDE
  • Diaper \Di"a*per\, v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. "If you diaper on folds." --Peacham. [1913 Webster]

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