What is the Latin word for apron?

The usual Latin words for “apron” are subligāculum, campester, praecinctōrĭum; also operculum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“apron” in Latin

subligāculumwaistband, apron; loincloth; kilt campesterlevel, even, flat; field, plain praecinctōrĭuma girdle operculumcover, covering

The English word apron itself goes back to Latin mappa.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

apron

subligaculum, subligar (covering round the loins): campestre (worn by young persons engaging naked in the exercises of the Campus Martius: wearing such an apron, campestratus): praecinctorium (a longer apron: late). A leather apron, praecinctorium coriarium [not ventrale or semicinctiuin].

In gunnery, operculum.

An apron-hold, feudom muliebre.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for apron?: The usual Latin words for “apron” are subligāculum, campester, praecinctōrĭum; also operculum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.