Diaper

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Engarlanded and diapered
              With in wrought flowers.              --Tennyson.
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     2. To put a diaper on (a child).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diaper \Di"a*per\, v. i.
     To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. "If you diaper on
     folds." --Peacham.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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.
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     3. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
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              Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . .
              Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. --Shak.
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     4. An infant's breechcloth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diaper
       n 1: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the
            legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch
            excrement [syn: {nappy}, {napkin}]
       2: a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven
          pattern of small repeated figures