apron skirt
The lower, skirt-like part of an apron of the type that covers the front of both the…The lower, skirt-like part of an apron of the type that covers the front of both the torso and the thighs.
Meaning
4 sensesThe lower, skirt-like part of an apron of the type that covers the front of both the torso and the thighs.
A skirt with an apron-like panel incorporated into the front.
(historical)An item of clothing worn by women in some North American indigenous communities, consisting of an apron-like flap hanging over the front of the thighs, sometimes with an additional flap hanging in the back.
1984, Paul Hulton, America 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White, The University of North Carolina Press and British Museum Publications, description of Plate 33, p. 178,
The woman, described […] as a chief’s wife or chief lady of Pomeiooc, wears an apron-skirt of fringed skin, edged at the top and bottom with a single row of white beads.
(historical)A long skirt with a slit up the back as far as the buttocks, designed for women to wear over their breeches while riding a horse.