Sanforizedadj.

/ˈsanfərʌɪzd/

Forms: Also sanforized.

Etymology: < the name of Sanford L. Cluett (1874–1968), U.S. inventor of the process + -ized suffix.

a. Designating cotton and other fabrics which have been preshrunk by a special process. Also transferred.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.

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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 > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > shrunk

shrunk1895

preshrunk1907

Sanforized1930

London-shrunk1940

Rigmel1969

1930 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 30 Sept. 737/1 Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., Troy, N.Y... Sanforized for piece goods of cotton, linen, woolen, silk, rayon, and combinations thereof.

1938 Times 21 Feb. 11/1 A water-repellant finish is demonstrated at the stand of the Bleachers' Association, where Sanforized cotton and linen cloths are shown.

1939 Trade Marks Jrnl. 24 May 706/2 Sanforized... Piece goods of textile material but not including cotton piece goods. Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc.,..Troy, New York..; manufacturers.

1944 T. D. Clark Pills, Petticoats & Plows 221 A frugal backwoods customer adequately sized up the complications of the ‘sanforized’ era in men's clothing when he sauntered into the Harbour Pitts store.

1952 M. Steen Phoenix Rising i. 21 If this were the States..you'd be in a tuxedo and a sanforized shirt.

1963 New Yorker 15 June 78 Made in the Orient of fine Sanforized cotton.

1970 Which? Nov. 340/1 Some jeans carried a Sanforised label.

1975 G. Howell In Vogue 104/2 In shops people were asking for uncrushable fabrics like zingale, and for cottons, linens and spun rayons which were Sanforized—preshrunk.

1978 Church Times 25 Aug. 8 Soap-operas featuring sanforised nurses or grubby Lancastrians—everyday stories of boring folk.

b. figurative.

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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > reduced in size or extent

minished1590

narrowed1599

diminished1607

shorn1853

ensmalled1857

reduced1880

Sanforized1968

1968 Observer 11 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 24 (advt.) The Sanforized Big Car. £567. The Imp is the big car shrunk small before it reaches you.

1970 S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 130 The next time I go shopping for naïve art, I'll make bloody well sure it's Sanforized.

Derivatives

ˈSanforizing n. this process.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > shrinking

shrinking1856

preshrinkage1924

Rigmel1931

Sanforizing1948

London shrinking1957

1948 Time 11 Oct. 91/3 The company was also lucky in its Vice President Sanford Cluett, the original families' only remaining executive. Cluett was an experiment-minded man. His tinkering had turned up Sanforizing.

1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. v. 241 Recently the inventors of the Sanforizing machine have been able to use a 2-inch thick rubber belt in a modified machine and so enable fabrics to be shrunk up to 20% in length.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sanforized
释义	Sanforizedadj. /ˈsanfərʌɪzd/ Forms: Also sanforized. Etymology: < the name of Sanford L. Cluett (1874–1968), U.S. inventor of the process + -ized suffix. a. Designating cotton and other fabrics which have been preshrunk by a special process. Also transferred.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > shrunk shrunk1895 preshrunk1907 Sanforized1930 London-shrunk1940 Rigmel1969 1930 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 30 Sept. 737/1 Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., Troy, N.Y... Sanforized for piece goods of cotton, linen, woolen, silk, rayon, and combinations thereof. 1938 Times 21 Feb. 11/1 A water-repellant finish is demonstrated at the stand of the Bleachers' Association, where Sanforized cotton and linen cloths are shown. 1939 Trade Marks Jrnl. 24 May 706/2 Sanforized... Piece goods of textile material but not including cotton piece goods. Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc.,..Troy, New York..; manufacturers. 1944 T. D. Clark Pills, Petticoats & Plows 221 A frugal backwoods customer adequately sized up the complications of the ‘sanforized’ era in men's clothing when he sauntered into the Harbour Pitts store. 1952 M. Steen Phoenix Rising i. 21 If this were the States..you'd be in a tuxedo and a sanforized shirt. 1963 New Yorker 15 June 78 Made in the Orient of fine Sanforized cotton. 1970 Which? Nov. 340/1 Some jeans carried a Sanforised label. 1975 G. Howell In Vogue 104/2 In shops people were asking for uncrushable fabrics like zingale, and for cottons, linens and spun rayons which were Sanforized—preshrunk. 1978 Church Times 25 Aug. 8 Soap-operas featuring sanforised nurses or grubby Lancastrians—everyday stories of boring folk. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > reduced in size or extent minished1590 narrowed1599 diminished1607 shorn1853 ensmalled1857 reduced1880 Sanforized1968 1968 Observer 11 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 24 (advt.) The Sanforized Big Car. £567. The Imp is the big car shrunk small before it reaches you. 1970 S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 130 The next time I go shopping for naïve art, I'll make bloody well sure it's Sanforized. Derivatives ˈSanforizing n. this process. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > shrinking shrinking1856 preshrinkage1924 Rigmel1931 Sanforizing1948 London shrinking1957 1948 Time 11 Oct. 91/3 The company was also lucky in its Vice President Sanford Cluett, the original families' only remaining executive. Cluett was an experiment-minded man. His tinkering had turned up Sanforizing. 1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. v. 241 Recently the inventors of the Sanforizing machine have been able to use a 2-inch thick rubber belt in a modified machine and so enable fabrics to be shrunk up to 20% in length. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1930
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