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Definition of Sunfast
1. Adjective. (American English) colorfast in a way that will not fade in sunlight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sunfast
1. resistant to fading by the sun [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunfast
Literary usage of Sunfast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston (1921)
"... used is very extensive, including, in the order of cost, the following: Drapery
Materials Per yard Cotton fabrics, like crash $ .35 sunfast 75 to $1.00 ..."
2. The Practical Book of Interior Decoration by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Abbot McClure, Edward Stratton Holloway (1919)
"... its tendencies are in that direction and the fabrics chosen are usually
therefore such as linens, casement-cloth, sunfast, denims, poplins and taffetas, ..."
3. Publication by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.), Cleveland Foundation Survey Committee, Emergency Conservation Committee (U.S.) (1916)
"Orinoco Mills, Kensington, Philadelphia, issue a book on "sunfast Fabrics."
The salesperson in this department must have not only technical knowledge of his ..."
4. The New Interior, Modern Decorations for the Modern Home by Hazel Hyman Adler (1916)
"Plain yellow, rose, or light green sunfast material, or light silk furnishes a
better contrast, and there should be a plain medium green, rose, or buff rug. ..."
5. Department Store Occupations by Iris Prouty O'Leary (1916)
"Orinoco Mills, Kensington, Philadelphia, issue a book on "sunfast Fabrics."
The salesperson in this department must have ..."
6. The Home and the Family: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1917)
"Fbr this sunny room they chose a sunfast material of about the same sunshine
color and value as the floor border. It is inexpensive and hangs in soft folds. ..."
7. A Manual of Home-making by Martha Van Rensselaer, Flora Rose, Helen Canon (1919)
"... swathing with drapery should be avoided since it produces a stuffy effect.
Casement cloth, many of the heavy nets, and sunfast materials, ..."
8. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste: A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in by Lucy Abbot Throop (1912)
"Plain casement cloth or the different " sunfast" fabrics are attractive with
plain or figured papers, especially in bedrooms of country houses. ..."
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