apron skirt

noun4

1. •
   A skirt with an apron-like panel incorporated into the front.
2. •
   The lower, skirt-like part of an apron of the type that covers the front of both the torso and the thighs.

   • He adjusted salads with his thumb and wiped away drips of gravy with his apronskirt. — 1979
3. •
   (historical) An item of clothing worn by women in some North American indigenous communities, consisting of an apron-like flap hanging over the front of the thighs, sometimes with an additional flap hanging in the back.

   • The woman, described […] as a chief’s wife or chief lady of Pomeiooc, wears an apron-skirt of fringed skin, edged at the top and bottom with a single row of white beads.
4. •
   (historical) A long skirt with a slit up the back as far as the buttocks, designed for women to wear over their breeches while riding a horse.