Diaper
Diaper (dī"ȧ*pẽr) , noun
[Old French diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, Italian diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from Latin 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.
3.
A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
Let one attend him with a silver basin,...
Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper.
4.
An infant's breechcloth.
Diaper , transitive verb
1.
To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
Diapered light.
Engarlanded and diapered
With in wrought flowers.
2.
To put a diaper on (a child).
Diaper , intransitive verb
To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
If you diaper on folds.