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Fibro, fibro|ˈfaɪbrəʊ|
1. The proprietary name of a viscose rayon staple.
1926Trade Marks Jrnl. 11 Aug. 1880 Fibro,..filaments..supplied in untwisted form for all spinning purposes. Courtaulds, Limited. 1935Economist 23 Nov. 1002/2 The chemist has perfected yet another synthetic textile. The new fibre, technically known as staple fibre and popularised as ‘fibro’, bids fair, with rayon, to oust the older materials from a wide range of uses. 1941Daily Sketch 22 Apr., The blue fibro dress. 1968Woollen Carding (W.I.R.A.) xv. 143/2 For the Fibro/mungo tests two blends were made of 50 per cent. by weight mungo and 50 per cent. Fibro.
2. = fibro-cement: also, a house constructed chiefly with fibro-cement; also as adj. Austral.
1953K. Tennant Joyful Condemned viii. 63 Front balconies glassed in or filled with stray bits of fibro. 1957Times 11 May 7/7 The cheap fibro shacks are giving way to clean-lined pastel-painted homes, most of them pleasantly designed, a few the inevitable excrescences of too much money and too little taste. 1963A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 66 The new fibro-walled, tin-roofed townships. 1969Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 39/6 (Advt.), Sans Souci old type fibro with iron roof. |