מַעֲפֹורֶת

מַעֲפֹורֶת, מַעֲפֶרֶתf. (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 מַעֲפַרְתֹּווכ׳ (Rashi: מַעֲפֹורָתֹו) 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 Sifré Deut. 234 פרט למ׳ שלאוכ׳ 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 he saved on the Sabbath). Lev. R. s. 2; Pesik. Shek., p. 17a>.Pl. מַעַפְרִיֹּות, מַעַפְרָאֹות. Ib.