Maedare (also 'Maedara' in Edo dialect), sometimes known as Maekake, was a cloth worn by shop workers or housemaids to protect their clothes from dirt, which hangs from an obi, a kind of belt for a kimono. |
前垂れ(まえだれ、江戸方言では「まえだら」とも)もしくは前掛け(まえかけ)は、商家にはたらく人や女中などが衣服に汚れがつかないよう、帯から下に掛ける布のこと。 |