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Terylene|ˈtɛrɪliːn|
Also terylene.
[f. polyeth)ylene ter(ephthalate s.v. polyethylene a, by inversion.]
a. A proprietary name for polyethylene terephthalate used as a textile fibre.
1946[see fibre-forming adj. s.v. fibre n. 8]. 1946[see polyethylene terephthalate s.v. polyethylene a]. 1947Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Apr. 233/1 Terylene... All goods in Class 23. Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. 1949Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 27 Sept. 951/2 Imperial Chemical Industries, Limited... Terylene... For synthetic yarns and thread. 1951Economist 22 Sept. 686/1 Dacron,..known in Britain as Terylene and made under licence in the United States, replaces light-weight worsted for summer suits. 1958Sunday Times 27 Apr. 7/5 New materials, nylon, Terylene and so on bring a certain spick-and-spanness within the reach of all. 1961Times 30 May (I.C.I. Suppl.) p. vi, A conveyor belt made with ‘Terylene’ will out-work, out-last, out-wear any other belt. 1976P. Cave High Flying Birds i. 9 The sails are usually made of terylene.
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1951Catal. of Exhibits, South Bank Exhib., Festival of Britain 109/1 Terylene lace, rope, silk, blanket, etc. 1958New Statesman 28 June 831/1 The men who had nylon shirts and terylene suits before those fabrics got into Marks and Spencer's where the rest of us buy our clothes. 1967E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 70 A synthetic interlining such as terylene wadding makes the quilt easy to launder. 1977B. Pym Quartet in Autumn xi. 97 A crisp-looking terylene surplice was suspended from a hook. |