Jastrow: מַעֲפוֹרֶת

מַעֲפוֹרֶת, מַעֲפֶרֶת f. (denom. of עָפָר) [duster,] apron, any garment for the protection of clothes. Zeb. 94ᵇ; Ḥull. 123ᵇ כדי מ׳ enough to be used as an apron. Sabb. 9ᵇ משיניח מ׳ וכ׳ from the time he puts the hair-cutters’ wrap upon his knees. Ib. משיערה מַעֲפַרְתּו וכ׳ (Rashi: מַעֲפוֹרָתוֹ) from the time he shakes his wrap off (to prepare for bathing).—Esp. a travelling cloak with a hood (cmp. Sm. Ant. s. v. Cucullus), also a short cloak with a hood (palliolus). Tosef. Meg. IV (III), 30 עטוף במ׳ וכ׳ for one wrapt in a travelling cloak, a birrus … it is unbecoming to read &c. Sifré Deut. 234 פרט למ׳ שלא וכ׳ exclude a maʿăforeth with which one cannot cover his head and the larger portion of his body; Yalk. ib. 933 (not מעופ׳). Y. Ter. VII, 44ᵈ bot. מַעֲפַרְתֹּו. Sabb. 120ᵃ; Y. ib. XVI, 15ᵈ (one of a class of clothes permitted to be saved on the Sabbath). Lev. R. s. 2; Pesik. Shek., p. 17ᵃ.—Pl. מַעַפְרִיֹּות, מַעַפְרָאוֹת. Ib.