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Diaper

noun

Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement. Synonyms: napkin, nappy.

A fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures.

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"Diaper" Quotes from Famous Books

... fourth pier on the north side, counting from the rood screen, is new, decorated with pentagonal diaper work—pentagons being apparently particularly ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans - With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey • Thomas Perkins

... that on the left the Lady Chapel known as the Farncombe Chantry. The arcades which divide these chapels from the choir are extraordinarily beautiful, as are the restored sedilia and piscina with their gables and pinnacles and lovely diaper work. The windows, too, are very noble and fine, and rich in their tracery, which might seem to be ...

— England of My Heart—Spring • Edward Hutton

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