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non-woven, a. and n.
[non- 3, 2.]
A. adj. Not woven (see quot. 1968).
B. n. A nonwoven fabric or material.
1945Forbes (N.Y.) 15 Oct. 16/2 The new non-spun and non-woven cloth will be cheaper, not only because it eliminates so many operations but also because it requires much less of the basic fiber to cover a given area. 1959A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles iii. 156 It is obvious that non-woven fabrics can never entirely take the place of woven or knitted fabrics. 1961New Scientist 20 Apr. 115/2 The methods are seen as a means of up-grading such ordinary fabrics as..non-wovens. 1963A. J. Hall Textile Sci. i. 11 The characteristics of non-woven fabrics are capable of wide variation. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 242 Non-woven fabrics. A ‘non-woven’ ought..to refer to any fabric not made on a loom, but the generally accepted meaning..is that it is any fabric which is not woven, knitted or spun but built up by interlocking fibres by means of chemical bonding agents, and (for fusible fibres) by mechanical means, chemical action, moisture and heat... Paper is also included in this definition. 1970Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 23 Oct. 173/2 The chemically or adhesively bonded non-wovens use bonding elements that behave as glueing binders. 1973Times 28 Aug. 17/7 That other branch of the disposable paper industry, nonwovens, is being addressed in the same optimistic tones. |