Re: Clothing terminology
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 12, 2004, 13:50 |
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 04:44:03PM -0800, Costentin Cornomorus wrote:
[snip]
> > It does come apart completely into 2 halves.
> > There are two different kinds
> > of fastenings that hold the halves together:
> > there are the "hooks" (some
> > complex mechanism which I haven't worked out
> > yet), and there are the
> > "buttons" (button-socket combinations).
>
> Possibly like them little things women have to
> fasten bras at the back? They're like nasty
> little microscopic hooks and eyelets.
[snip]
Perhaps something like that, although these hooks are supposed to stay
fastened without needing to be under tension.
T
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