different between apron vs ephod

English

Alternative forms

• napron (obsolete)

Etymology

Rebracketing of napron (a napron ? an apron), from Middle English naperon, napron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.p??n/

Noun

apron (plural aprons)

1. An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
2. The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
3. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
   1. (aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal
   2. The spreading end of a driveway.
   3. The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
   4. The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station
   5. The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
   6. (pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
4. The sides of a tree's canopy.
5. The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
6. A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.

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Verb

apron (third-person singular simple present aprons, present participle aproning, simple past and past participle aproned)

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, an apron.

Anagrams

• on par

Esperanto

Noun

apron

1. accusative singular of apro

Middle English

Noun

apron

1. Alternative form of naperon

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew ?????? (??p???).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?.f?d/, /??.f?d/

Noun

ephod (plural ephods)

1. (biblical, Judaism) A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.
   • 1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James): Exodus, 28, vi-viii,

     And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

     It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

     And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

   • 1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James): Hosea, 3, iv,

     For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

   • 1913, Urim and Thummim, article in Catholic Encyclopedia,

     From this it appears that at least towards the close of the Exile, the Urim and Thummim were considered as something distinct from the ephod of the high priest and the gems with which it was adorned.

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Anagrams

• hoped