diaper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
    napkin; nappy.
  2. noun a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures

WordNet

Di"a*per noun
Etymology
OF. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, It. diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from L.jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See Jasper.
Definitions
  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. Shak.
  4. An infant's breechcloth.
Di"a*per transitive verb
Definitions
  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).
Di"a*per intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. "If you diaper on folds." Peacham.

Webster 1913