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Orlon|ˈɔːlɒn|
Also orlon.
A proprietary name of a man-made polyacrylonitrile fibre which makes a soft, warm yarn for textiles and knitwear. Freq. attrib.
1948N.Y. Times 25 Aug. 43/3 The DuPont Company announced today it had adopted the trade mark ‘Orlon’ for a synthetic textile fiber on which it has been conducting research for several years and which previously has been known as Fiber A. 1950Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 Oct. 677/1 E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company... Orlon. For yarns of synthetic fibers. Claims use since Aug. 3, 1948. 1952Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Jan. 31/1 Orlon... Raw or partly prepared synthetic textile fibres. E. I. DuPont De Nemours and Company..Wilmington, State of Delaware, United States of America; manufacturers. 1952[see Acrilan]. 1956A. Huxley Let. 17 Nov. (1969) 811 It is interesting to find ruffles coming back—in orlon and nylon, no ironing, no starch. 1957P. Wildeblood Main Chance 36 His smiling teeth looked as expensively synthetic as his orlon shirt and dacron suit and nylon socks. 1969‘J. Munro’ Innocent Bystanders vii. 98 The journey was a gruelling one, and by the end of it the yellow Orlon dress had lost its glitter. 1973Materials & Technol. VI. 327 Polyacrylonitrile, best known under the trade names of ‘Courtelle’, ‘Acrilan’ and ‘Orlon’. |