Diaper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Diaper	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Diaper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diaper n garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement Synonym(s): diaper, nappy, napkin a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diaper \Di"aper\, v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. [bd]If you diaper* on folds.[b8] --Peacham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diaper \Di"aper\, 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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diaper \Di"aper\, v. t. 1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. [bd]Diapered light.[b8] --H. Van Laun. Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers. --Tennyson. 2. To put a diaper* on (a child).