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Velcro|ˈvɛlkrəʊ|
Also velcro.
[f. F. vel(ours cro(ché hooked velvet.]
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.
1960Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Nov. 1521/1 Velcro... Narrow fabrics in imitation of velvet being textile smallwares for use as fasteners or fastenings for clothing. 1961Practitioner 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. 1968Guardian 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. 1979P. 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. 1982Habitat Catal. 1982/83 14/1 The roll overarm cushions, filled with polyester, can be held in place with velcro, if required.
Hence ˈVelcroed, ˈvelcroed a. (or pa. pple. of Velcro vb.), provided with Velcro; attached by Velcro.
1972O. Sela Bearer Plot xxiv. 152 He..pulled the carpet. ‘Note the velcroed edge... Just put it back and it sticks.’ 1981J. 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. 1983Washington Post 13 Feb. c–3/3 You put a hand out to stop yourself..and bump all those Velcroed things off the wall. |