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Aertex|ˈɛətɛks|
Also aertex.
[f. aer-, as in aery a., etc., + textile.]
A proprietary name for a cotton cellular fabric; chiefly designating garments made of this, esp. Aertex shirt.
1896Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Sept. 846 Aertex 197,346. Articles of Clothing. The Cellular Clothing Company, Limited, 72 and 73, Fore Street, London, E.C.; Manufacturers. 1908Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 685/1 The new sheeting..is made in accordance with the aertex cellular principles. 1936R. Lehmann Weather in Streets iii. ii. 287 Jane in the camp-bed, Christopher in the old cot.., sat up in Aertex sleeping suits. 1937Hull & Whitlock Far-Distant Oxus ii. 44 The wind blew through their Aertex shirts. 1953J. Trench Docken Dead ii. 35 His yellow Aertex shirt was clinging to his back. 1960L. Cooper Accomplices i. iv. 39 If there's anything nakeder than a man in wet aertex pants I don't know what it is. 1964C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. 21, I had..Aertex shirts bought at the very shop in Oxford Street in which they are still being sold to-day. 1984Guardian Weekly 19 Aug. 20 Until about 1943 my favourite garment remained a bright scarlet Aertex shirt, for reasons unconnected with revolutionary socialism. |