Diaper /(dī"ȧ*pẽr)/
Di·a·per
Diaper
n.
- Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
- Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced. (Fine Arts)
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A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . . Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper.
- An infant's breechcloth.
Diaper
v. t.
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To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers.
- To put a diaper on (a child).
Diaper
v. i.
- To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.