APRON

(CLOTHING) [noun] [C] - a piece of clothing which is worn over the front of other clothes to keep them clean while you are doing something dirty, esp. cooking or cleaning in the houseMany people like to wear aprons while they are cooking or doing the washing up.Apron strings are the strips of material used to tie an apron round the body, or (disapproving) is a phrase used in referring to the way one person or group depends on another.(disapproving) Free from the apron strings of home and family, she changed completely.(disapproving) The subsidiary company has been reluctant to tug at, let alone cut, the apron strings.