Meaning

noun a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing

noun (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green

noun the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)

originRebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0