pinafore

noun
🔊/ˈpɪnəfɔː(r)/
🔊/ˈpɪnəfɔːr/
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  1. (also pinafore dress)
    (both especially British English)
    (North American English usually jumper)
    a loose dress without sleeves (= arms), usually worn over a blouse or sweater无袖女装(通常套在衬衣或针织套衫外面);围裙装Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
  2. (old-fashioned)
    (also informal pinny)
    (both British English) a long loose piece of clothing without sleeves (= arms), worn by women over the front of their clothes to keep them clean, for example when cooking (女用)围裙compare apronTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
  3. a loose piece of clothing like a dress without sleeves (= arms), worn by children over their clothes to keep them clean, or by young girls over a dress(小孩)围裙,围嘴;(女孩的)连胸围裙Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
  4. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from pin + afore ‘before’ (because the term originally denoted an apron with a bib pinned on the front of a dress).