Velcron.
/ˈvɛlkrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈvɛlˌkroʊ/ A proprietary name for a fabric made in narrow strips for use as a fastener, one strip having tiny loops and the other hooks so that they can be fastened or unfastened simply by pressing together or pulling apart.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > other fastenings
crotcheta1685
skewer1771
back-string1785
guard-chain1832
patte1835
tie-up1896
press-button1908
press fastener1922
Liverpool pennant1933
Velcro1960
1960 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Nov. 1521/1 Velcro... Narrow fabrics in imitation of velvet being textile smallwares for use as fasteners or fastenings for clothing.
1961 Practitioner July 113 We have been experimenting for some time with the new Bri-nylon fastener, ‘velcro’, using it particularly for patients who have difficulty in doing up buttons, trousers and belts.
1968 Guardian 9 May 9/4 False ringlets on a Velcro band.
1971 ‘A. York’ Infiltrator vii. 96 They had dressed him in a blue sleepcoat, which..was secured up the front by a strip of velcro.
1979 P. L. G. Bateman Household Pests ii. 76 Fly screening of windows..is fairly easy with flexible plastic flyscreens which use Velcro to fasten them to the window frames.
1982 Habitat Catal. 1982–3 14/1 The roll overarm cushions, filled with polyester, can be held in place with velcro, if required.
Derivatives
ˈVelcroed adj. (also ˈvelcroed) provided with Velcro; attached by Velcro. (or past pple of Velcro vb.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > furnished with other fastenings
hooked1362
clasped1675
wired1738
screw bolted?c1780
stapled1845
swivelled1884
Velcroed1972
1972 O. Sela Bearer Plot xxiv. 152 He..pulled the carpet. ‘Note the velcroed edge... Just put it back and it sticks.’
1981 J. D. MacDonald Free Fall in Crimson xviii. 204 By early June I was walking... I worked with the weight Velcroed around my ankle every evening.
1983 Washington Post 13 Feb. c–3/3 You put a hand out to stop yourself..and bump all those Velcroed things off the wall.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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