Definition of "diaper"

diaper

/ˈdaɪ(ə)pə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural diapers
1. (Canada, US) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy.
2. A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread.
  Quotations
  The orphreys were woven in a diaper of red and gold silk, and were starred with medallions of many saints and martyrs, among whom was St. Sebastian.
  1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray
3. A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
  Quotations
  Let one attend him with a silver basin, […] / Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper.
  c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene iii]
4. The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles.
5. Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
verb
third-person singular simple present diapers, present participle diapering, simple past and past participle diapered
1. To put diapers on someone.
  Quotations
  I diaper myself or she helps Diaper me and sometimes I get to wet them, she knows I like that. And she whispers in my ear that "baby wants to make a cummie in his Diapers […]
  2019, Michael Bent, Rosalie Bent, Understanding Adult Babies: Their Psychology and Lifestyles
2. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
  Quotations
  If you diaper upon folds, let your work be broken.
  1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman

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