Derived from an actual outfit, the word 'maedare' or 'maekake' is sometimes also used to refer to merchants and their employees (as opposed to craftsman or other professions) as they often wore a maedare.
なお、以上より転じて、前垂れをよく締めていた商人、商家の奉公人をさして（職人などと対比的に）「前垂れ（掛け）」と言うことがある。