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Definition of Diaper
1. Noun. Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement.
2. Noun. A fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures.
Definition of Diaper
1. n. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
2. v. t. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
3. v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
Definition of Diaper
1. Noun. A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread. ¹
2. Noun. A towel or napkin made from such fabric. ¹
3. Noun. (context: US Canada) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent. ¹
4. Noun. The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles. ¹
5. Verb. To put diapers on someone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diaper
1. to put a diaper (a baby's breechcloth) on [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaper
Literary usage of Diaper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Woman's Book: Dealing Practically with the Modern Conditions of Home (1894)
"This is a variety of diaper couching. diaper Couching. diaper couching. . . .
diaper couching includes all varieties of couching in which the fastening ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture by John Henry Parker (1877)
"These diaper patterns (137) were originally coloured in imitation of the silks
from which ... diaper ornament. THE PILLARS have no longer detached shafts, ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture by John Henry Parker (1888)
"The surface of the wall is often covered with flat foliage, arranged in small
squares culled diaper- work, which is believed to have originated in an ..."
4. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Hispanic Society of America, Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"Outside of the circle the surface is covered with a dot- and-stalk diaper, running
lengthwise with the panels. Arms. — A dragon's head, crowned. ..."
5. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1883)
"Item ij new towells of Damaske worke of diaper. Item a towell of diaper knots.
... clothes of diaper knotts. Item iij dossen of new Damaske ..."
6. Testamenta Eboracensia, Or Wills Registered at York: Or, Wills Registered at by James Raine, John William Clay (1869)
"... de diaper cum signo ij, utroque cont. in long, vij nln. ... de diaper cum H
litera. De ij s. pro j stola habita cum ..."
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