LekhoriLekhoriAn absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.
cloth diaper, disposable diaper, nighttime diaper, swim diaper
A textile fabric having a repeating pattern, especially of diamonds or flowers, formed by alternating directions of thread.
Near-synonym: diamond twill
Something that absorbs and collects (retains) liquid or waste material, much like a diaper (noun, sense 1).
engine diaper, meat diaper, period diaper, rubber diaper
To put diapers on someone.
Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
A surname.
Lord Orrery was President to-day; but both our dukes were absent. Brother Wyndham recommended [William] Diaper to the Society. I believe we shall make a contribution among ourselves, which I don't like.
From Middle English dyaper, diapre, dyapre, from Old French diapre, dyapre, a variant of dyaspre, diaspre (“ornamental silk cloth embellished with floral or decorative geometrical patterns”), from Med...
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If you diaper upon folds, let your work be broken.