boardy

comparative boardier · superlative boardiest

1. Having the texture of a hard board; inflexible and stiff.

   Gone, too, are the days of boardy, heavy clothes for hot-weather wear.

   1939 June 5, “America Gets Rid of Deadweight”, in Life, page 12

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   Produces a full, firm, and harsh feel often described as a boardy feel, in cloth filled with it.

   1934, Report of the Millowners’ Association, page 275

   Rice starch, on the other hand, penetrates better and gives a harder finish, with a fullness and firmness which is apt to be regarded as “boardy”; […]

   1944, Dyestuffs, page 187

   Rice starch gives clothes a boardy effect. It makes the fabric firm because it has good penetration into the cellulosic fibre.

   1998, Noemia D’Souza, Fabric Care, New Age International Publishers, →ISBN, page 65