stretchabilityn.

1940 H. R. Mauersberger Matthews's Textile Fibers (ed. 5) xx. 863 On cold-drawing, nylon becomes exceedingly strong and elastic. But elasticity means more than ‘stretchability’. The degree to which a stretched material recovers its original length is a measure of true elasticity.

1959 M. D. Potter & B. P. Corbman Fiber to Fabric (ed. 3) iv. 60 Stretch yarns..when subjected to certain methods that use heat to set crimp in thermoplastic filament yarns..increase their stretchability.

1962 Listener 22 Mar. 510/2 What he does..is to measure the ‘strength’ of a flour..by measuring the ‘stretchability’ of the dough it makes.

1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset i. 9 It [sc. zinc] also stretches more before breaking—this stretchability being sometimes useful to correct mis-register.

1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. 30 (advt.) We tested it for launderability, durability, stretchability and shape retention.