ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED2.] Having an apron (chiefly in comb.); formerly used for: Of the working class, mechanic.
1628. Feltham, Resolves, XX. (1635), 73. Hee prodigals a Mine of Excellencie, that lavishes a terse Oration to an Apron’d Auditory.
1640. Bp. Hall, Chr. Moder., 33/1. A separatist, a blue-aproned man, that never knew any better school than his shop-board.
1868. Geo. Eliot, Sp. Gypsy, 173. Leather-aproned smiths.
