Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diaper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diaper \Di"a*per\, v. i.
To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. ``If you diaper on
folds.'' --Peacham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diaper \Di"a*per\, 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"a*per\, v. t.
1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern
called diaper, as cloth in weaving. ``Diapered light.''
--H. Van Laun.
Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers.
--Tennyson.
2. To put a diaper on (a child).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diaper
n 1: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the
legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch
excrement [syn: {nappy}, {napkin}]
2: a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven
pattern of small repeated figures
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