Definition of Full-fashioned

1. Adjective. Knitted to fit the shape of the body. "Full-fashioned hosiery"

Exact synonyms: Fully Fashioned
Similar to: Shapely

Lexicographical Neighbors of Full-fashioned

full-backs
full-blood
full-blooded
full-blown
full-bodied
full-bore
full-bosomed
full-clad
full-court press
full-deckism
full-deckisms
full-dress
full-dress uniform
full-face
full-fashioned (current term)
full-figured
full-fledged
full-frontal nudity
full-grown
full-hearted
full-length
full-looking
full-made
full-motion video
full-of-the-moon
full-on
full-out
full-page
full-powered

Literary usage of Full-fashioned

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cotton Manufacturing Industry of the United States by Melvin Thomas Copeland (1912)
"The transferring of the stocking from the legger to the heeler, and then to the footer, as is necessary for the full-fashioned goods, takes time and labor; ..."

2. Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools: Also Adapted by William Henry Dooley (1914)
"full-fashioned hose are produced by means of complicated and expensive knitting ... Hence, the goods are called full- fashioned, because so fashioned as to ..."

3. The Human Side of Retail Selling: A Textbook for Salespeople in Retail by Ruth Leigh (1921)
""Why are full-fashioned hose more expensive than seamless ones ? ... "You see, full-fashioned hosiery is woven according to human form, so that the ankle ..."

4. The Handbook of Industrial Oil Engineering: A Reference Book of Data by John Rome Battle (1920)
"The name " full fashioned " means that the product of the machine is fashioned ... In the lubrication of the full-fashioned machine, as in the case of the ..."

5. Clothing: Choice, Care, Cost by Mary Schenck Woolman (1922)
"Many object to the absence of a seam down the back, which is found in the full-fashioned hose, and a machine has been invented which places a mock seam down ..."

6. Ten Minutes' Exercise for Busy Men: A Complete Course in Physical Education ...by Luther Halsey Gulick by Luther Halsey Gulick (1902)
"Knee Tights Best Worsted, full fashioned, stock colors. No. iB. Per pair, $2.75 )ut Worsted, full fashioned, Navy Black and Maroon. No. 604. ..."

7. Exhibition ...: Hebron city of the patriarchs : list of exhibits at the by Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston, Ruth Lehrer, A. Harold Fisch, Murray Roston (1881)
"... Full-Fashioned Legs and Feet ; Ladies' Plain Cotton, Full-Fashioned and Clocked ; Ladies' Silk Hose, Full-Fashioned ; Ladies' Striped Hose, ..."

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