stiffener
Example Sentences
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I particularly like shirts with long, pointed, soft collars without stiffeners, like men wore in the 1930s.
From New York Times
Over time, these museums have all acquired, or been given, a vast amount of objects — from hat stiffeners and uniforms to bayonets and artillery.
From Washington Post
He clearly believes they can deliver a title-challenging car and in a month marked by attempts to be abstemious, Verstappen’s signature is just the stiffener Red Bull and their engine supplier Honda required.
From The Guardian
These days you don’t need to, as lots of shirts have collar stiffeners in them.
From The Guardian
Typically, clients provide the material, such as silk satin-faced organza or thick velvet, which gets dunked in a plastic bucket of fabric stiffener and hung on a wooden rack to dry.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
