Dacronn.

1951 Du Pont Mag. June–July 31/1 Du Pont has adopted the trade-mark ‘Dacron’ for its new textile fiber, originally called Fiber V.

1951 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 13 Nov. 336/2 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company... Dacron. For synthetic polyester fibers for generalized use in the industrial arts.

1951 Economist 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.

1952 Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Sept. 867/2 Dacron... Woven and knitted piece goods, all included in Class 24 and made from synthetic materials in the form of fibres, filaments, yarns or threads. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company.

1952 N.Y. Times 11 Sept. 52/1 The new synthetics such as Orlon, Dacron, Acrilan and Vicara will find their best use in apparel in blends with the older man-made fibers such as rayon and acetate.

1957 P. Wildeblood Main Chance ii. 36 His smiling teeth looked as expensively synthetic as his orlon shirt and dacron suit and nylon socks.

1962 A. Huxley Island ix. 134 A Whisper-Pink Bra in Dacron and Pima Cotton.

1969 B. Malamud Pictures of Fidelman i. 11 A dacron shirt and set of cotton-dacron underwear, good for quick and easy washing for the traveller.

1978 A. Welch Bk. of Airsports i. 11/1 (caption) A hang glider is constructed from aluminium tube and Terylene (Dacron) sail fabric.

1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake xiii. 835 The intense heat of the gasoline fire had melted some of the dacron lines into blobs of expensive goo.