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Dacron|ˈdækrɒn, ˈdeɪ-| Also dacron. [Invented name; cf. nylon, Orlon.] The proprietary name for polyethylene terephthalate used as a textile fibre. Cf. Terylene.
1951Du Pont Mag. June–July 31/1 Du Pont has adopted the trade-mark ‘Dacron’ for its new textile fiber, originally called Fiber V. 1951Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 13 Nov. 336/2 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company... Dacron. For synthetic polyester fibers for generalized use in the industrial arts. 1952[see Acrilan]. 1952Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Sept. 867/2 Dacron... Woven and knitted piece goods, all included in Class 24 and made from synthetic materials in the form of fibres, filaments, yarns or threads. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company. 1957P. Wildeblood Main Chance ii. 36 His smiling teeth looked as expensively synthetic as his orlon shirt and dacron suit and nylon socks. 1958[see Terylene]. 1962A. Huxley Island ix. 134 A Whisper-Pink Bra in Dacron and Pima Cotton. 1969B. Malamud Pictures of Fidelman i. 11 A dacron shirt and set of cotton-dacron underwear, good for quick and easy washing for the traveller. 1978A. Welch Bk. Airsports i. 11/1 (caption) A hang glider is constructed from aluminium tube and Terylene (Dacron) sail fabric. 1978J. A. Michener Chesapeake xiii. 835 The intense heat of the gasoline fire had melted some of the dacron lines into blobs of expensive goo. |