elasticatedadj.
Of cloth, etc.: woven or stitched with indiarubber thread and so made stretchable. Also figurative, rendered flexible.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > interwoven with India-rubber
shirred1847
elasticated1925
elasticized1957
1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 130/1 A sense of the joy of power silkened and elasticated.
1931 News Chron. 26 Mar. Let the whole matter be considered..by the League Council so that this instrument may be so elasticated as to start a movement for the general lowering of tariff walls.
1959 Observer 5 Apr. 13/3 The fitted slacks are elasticated.
1959 Manch. Guardian 3 July 5/6 Elasticated sides and reinforced bra top.
1963 Times 10 June 15/6 The laziest boy in the group asked for a swivelling head and elasticated arms so that he could turn around and reach for things without moving.
1969 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 12/6 Trousers which do have an elasticated nylon lining.
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