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Willesden|ˈwɪlzdən|
The name of a suburb of north-west London, used attrib. to denote forms of paper or canvas that have been toughened and waterproofed by being treated with cuprammonium solution.
1895C. F. Cross et al. Cellulose i. 13 Vegetable textile fabrics passed through a bath of the cuprammonium hydroxide are ‘surfaced’ by the film of gelatinized cellulose... These fabrics are sold under the style or description of ‘Willesden’ goods; the manufacture being in the hands of a company whose works are situated at Willesden. The company's processes are based on the patents of Drs. J. Scoffern and C. R. A. Wright. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 283/1 Patent Sleeping Valise... No. 3. Willesden Kharki cotton canvas throughout. No. 4. In Willesden flax canvas. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 705/1 ‘Willesden paper’..is cardboard chemically treated to render it tough, waterproof and fire-resisting. 1912R. A. Freeman Singing Bone i. ii. 30 Boscovitch continued to stare up at the little square case covered with Willesden canvas... Thorndyke good-naturedly lifted it down and unlocked it. As a matter of fact he was rather proud of his ‘portable laboratory’. 1926–7Army & Navy Stores Catal. 219/3 Willesden Canvas. Suitable for..awnings, shelters, etc. 1964J. S. Scott Dict. Building 358 Willesden paper, a building paper made of cardboard treated with cuprammonium hydroxide to rotproof it. 1982J. Sherwood Shot in Arm xiv. 141 A second-hand Willesden canvas cabin trunk with leather corners. |