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▪ I. pinafore, n.|ˈpɪnəfɔə(r)|
[f. pin v.1 + afore, because originally pinned upon the dress in front.]
a. A covering of washable material worn by children, and by factory girls or others, over the frock or gown, to protect it from being soiled. Also, a low-necked, sleeveless fashion garment worn by women and girls, usu. over a blouse or jumper.
The article so called was prob. originally a piece of washing material pinned on for the occasion; in Webster, 1847, it is defined as ‘an apron for the front part of the body’, in Latham's Johnson, 1868, as ‘a small apron or bib for children’; as now used, it differs from an apron in meeting and being fastened at the back above the waist, and in having armholes; a little girl's pinafore is often an article of ordinary house dress, and may be more ornamental than the frock which it covers. See also brat, overall.
1782F. Burney Cecilia vi. viii, A pin-a-fore for Master Mortimer Delvile, lest he should daub his pappy when he is feeding him. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 234 She is still pretty, but not so elegant as when she wore frocks and pin-a-fores. 1863M. E. Braddon J. Marchmont I. i. 7 To teach children their A B C, and mend their frocks and make their pinafores. 1882― Mt. Royal II. iv. 80 When you were in pinafores. [1907: see pinafore-frock below.] 1960Vogue Pattern Bk. Autumn 46 Dark grey pinafore tops a gay printed blouse. 1974Country Life 21 Feb. 398/1 Dark brown pinafore in fine corduroy worn with white cotton shirt. 1976Vogue Jan. 44/2 Low-slung pinafore.
fig.1845Athenæum 4 Jan. 17 Exhibiting perhaps a smart architectural ‘pinafore’ in front, which turns out to be a mere ‘coverslut’ intended to hide meanness and deformity. 1849D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard (1855) 28 The chicks are large,..entirely shining black, except a pinafore of white on the breast.
b. transf. The wearer of a pinafore; esp. a child or little girl.
1836T. Hook G. Gurney III. 153 The pinafores were gone to bed.
c. attrib. and Comb., esp. pinafore dress, pinafore frock, pinafore gown.
1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. I. x. 307 Younger folk..in the pinafore stage of existence. 1894E. Banks Camp. Curiosity 181 Skill in pinafore-ironing. 1898Westm. Gaz. 28 Apr. 3/2 A navy blue serge frock..one of the pinafore build to slip over shirts. 1907Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 13/1 Our grown-up pinafore-frock must confess itself borrowed from the nursery. c1909D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 35 She is wearing a dark blue cloth ‘pinafore-dress’. 1932Mod. Weekly 30 Apr. 118 Her adorable, black velvet, pinafore gown. The tiny puff-sleeves are of silver tissue. 1952C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing ii. 71 The Pinafore Gown [in 1906] ‘is often allied to the frock with brace over a lace blouse’. Ibid. iii. 91 The Pinafore frock is revived [in 1909], worn over a tucked chemisette. 1973Times 15 Nov. 6/3 The bridesmaid, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, wore a pinafore dress.
▪ II. ˈpinafore, v.
[f. prec. n.]
1. trans. To attire in a pinafore.
1857Geo. Eliot Scenes Clerical Life, Janet's Repent. viii, She was duly bonneted and pinafored, and then they turned out.
2. To put into the skirt of one's pinafore (cf. to pocket). nonce-use.
1893Daily News 11 Jan. 2/2 There were hundreds..feeding as one, and pinaforing the fragments that remained. |