permanent press
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- permanent-press (esp. when used attributively)
Noun[edit]
permanent press (plural permanent presses)
- A characteristic of a fabric, especially one used in clothing, often created by applying a chemical treatment and pressure, which causes lasting resistance to wrinkling and retention of pleats and creases.
- 1969, Patent number T861041[1], United States Patent Office:
- This solution is then padded onto a textile fabric to obtain a 70 percent wet pick up and then air dried. The textile fabric can then be hot pressed to impart a permanent press to garments prepared therefrom.