Staybriten.
/ˈsteɪbrʌɪt/ A proprietary name for a make of stainless steel.
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chrome steel1878
stainless steel1917
Staybrite1925
stainless1971
1925 Metallurgist 1 153/2 Dr. Westgren..prepared photograms of this chromium-nickel steel—known as ‘Staybrite’—in both the fully quenched and softened condition.
1930 Engineering 11 Apr. 486/1 Some trouble had been experienced with Staybrite jackets.
1937 G. Frankau More of Us ii. 26 In hall of nearest-marble, gay With Staybrite, stood old Dorkins, butler hoary.
1937 Trade Marks Jrnl. 7 July 820 Staybrite... Stainless steels. Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd.,..Sheffield.
1964 Bird & Hallows Rolls-Royce Motor-car ii. 244 Staybrite radiator shell, single-point suspension and pressure radiator cap.
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