A'PRON, noun 1. A cloth or piece of leather worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean, or defend them from injury. 2. The fat skin covering the belly of a goose. 3. In gunnery, a flat piece of lead that covers the vent of a cannon. 4. In ships, a piece of curved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel. 5. A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, on which the dock gates are shut. 6. A piece of lether or other thing to be spread before a person riding in a gig, chaise or sulky, to defend him from rain, snow or dust.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI