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/ˈdaɪ(ə)pə/ · noun
(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy..
cloth diaper, disposable diaper, nighttime diaper, swim diaper
A bag of baby-clothes, containing 1 ſheet, 1 ſhi[r]t, 1 bedgown, 12 diapers, 2 child's bedgowns, 2 child's ſhirts, 2 child's robes, 2 child's nightcaps and a wrapper.
You push it up the vagina while lying on your back, and retain it there by a bandage around, as in wearing diapers. It may be taken out at night after laying down; but must be pushed up in the morning before rising.
We have repeatedly known children have from six to ten discharges of yellow-coloured fæces per day, for many days, without injury, provided they nursed well and were well attended to. […] We are far from wishing to make nurses or mothers indifferent to this state of things, but we do wish, for the sake of the welfare of the important little beings intrusted to their care, that they will not think, because they are too free in the bowels, and give the nurse a great deal of trouble to change the diapers frequently, they must take paregoric to check them.
Perhaps you will find space in your charming magazine for the following description of suspenders I made to keep my baby's diaper in place. I had never seen them before, although other mothers may have something similar for the purpose.
A midwife should always visit her patient within twelve hours after labour, and she should make a routine practice of enquiring whether or not her urine has been passed. […] She must thoroughly cleanse her patient, change her diaper, tighten or change her binder, and clear away all soiled things from under her.
Use diaper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Diaper means (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy..
Common synonyms include diap, diapee, diapy, diapie.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
cloth diaper, disposable diaper, nighttime diaper, swim diaper
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Some things we were sure of: there would be automatic heat, enough bedrooms to go around, space in the bathroom for a diaper-change while Daddy shaved, plenty of closets, and of course that the kitchen with a minimum of steps.
Either birds-eye cotton or flannelette diapers are good. The newer gauze variety is very satisfactory. They are more expensive, but you need fewer of them as they are so easily washed and they dry so quickly.