noun an infant's breechcloth.
2. diaper ·vt to put a diaper on (a child).
3. diaper ·vi to draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
4. diaper ·noun a towel or napkin for wiping the hands, ·etc.
5. diaper ·vt to ornament with figures, ·etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
6. diaper ·noun any textile fabric (·esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. ·see 2.
7. diaper ·noun surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.