Meanings
present singular third person decates · participle present decating · participle past decated · past decated
- Synonym of decatize (“steam fabric”).
It is therefore important to decate only very slightly.
1955, Modern Textiles Magazine2 more examples
The Commanding General wished to know whether cloth going into storage should ever be decated. The opinion of the technologist was that , if the cloth was decated in the presence of DDT, the mothicide would steam-distill out[…]
1956, John V. Haggard, Manufacture of Clothing, 1945-53, page 186Next it will be […] neatly rolled, and finally pressed or decated (pressed with steam). Each of these processes requires several hours and specific equipment.
2002, Marypaul Yates, Fabrics: A Guide for Interior Designers and Architects, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 159Synonyms: decatize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of decatize (“steam fabric”).
Origin
- Frenchdécatir
- Englishdecate
From French décatir ("to remove the cati from"), from catir.
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