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zug|tsuːg|
Also Zug.
The name (formerly proprietary) for a variety of waterproofed leather used esp. for the uppers of climbing boots.
1899Trade Marks Jrnl. 6 Sept. 1092 Zug{ddd}222,699. Leather. W. & J. Martin, 63, Brunswick Street, Glasgow; Leather Merchants and Manufacturers. 1899Shoe & Leather Trader (Glasgow) 7 Dec. p. ii. (Advt.), W. &. J. Martin, tanners, curriers, and leather factors, Albion Leather Works... Sole makers of Zug leather. 63 Brunswick Street, Glasgow. 1900Ibid. 12 Apr. 819/1 The firm made a speciality of ‘zug’ leather, a new production... The manufacture of ‘zug’ is an entirely new process. The leather..will not burn like ordinary leather, and the fibre cannot be destroyed even by boiling... In the process of manufacture, the gelatine of the hide becomes oxidised, and is rendered insoluble and repellant [sic] to water. 1907[see chrome n. 2 c]. 1929Footwear Organiser July 37/2 Sports shoes, of pigskin, calf, crocodile, and zug. 1933G. D. Abraham Mod. Mountaineering x. 179, I would have soft, almost glove-like, zug or beaver leather for the uppers. |