elastic webbing
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elastic web — noun or elastic webbing : a narrow fabric woven of various textile fibers and typically rubber threads and used especially for garters and suspenders … Useful english dictionary
elastic — elastically, adv. /i las tik/, adj. 1. capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber. 2. spontaneously expansive, as gases. 3. flexible;… … Universalium
elastic — /əˈlæstɪk / (say uh lastik), /i / (say ee ) adjective 1. having the property of recovering shape after deformation, as solids. 2. spontaneously expansive, as gases. 3. flexible, yielding, or accommodating: *Flaherty had put a very elastic… …
shirr — n. & v. n. 1 two or more rows of esp. elastic gathered threads in a garment etc. forming smocking. 2 elastic webbing. v.tr. 1 gather (material) with parallel threads. 2 US bake (eggs) without shells. Derivatives: shirring n. Etymology: 19th c.:… … Useful english dictionary
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Middlesboro — ▪ Kentucky, United States officially Middlesborough city, Bell county, southeastern Kentucky, U.S., about 61 miles (98 km) north of Knoxville, Tennessee. It lies in a valley (believed to have been formed by a meteor crater) at the western … Universalium
Club chair — A club chair is a type of armchair, usually covered in leather. It was created and made in France. Before it came to be known under its current name, it first appeared as the fauteuil confortable, the comfortable armchair . It was given this name … Wikipedia
shirr — to gather (cloth) on parallel threads, 1892, back formation from shirred (1847), from shirr (n.) elastic webbing, of unknown origin … Etymology dictionary
