apron (waist-down); waist apron
Refers specifically to an apron that covers from the waist down, as opposed to a full bib apron.
店員は前掛けをして接客していた。
The clerk was serving customers wearing a waist apron.
和食の料理人はよく前掛けを使う。
Japanese chefs often use waist aprons.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still seen.
Compound of 前 (mae, 'front') and 掛け (kake, 'hanging'), literally 'front hanging'.