stretchless

stretchˈless adjective

No longer liable to stretch

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Main Entry: ↑stretch

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stretchless, a.

(ˈstrɛtʃlɪs)

[f. stretch n. or v. + -less.]

Incapable of being stretched.

Used in the leather belting trade to designate belting from which the ‘stretch’ has been taken out (see stretch n. 1 h).