Fabrikoid

American

[fab-ri-koid] / ˈfæb rɪˌkɔɪd /

Trademark.

a brand of waterproof fabric having a cloth foundation and a pyroxylin surface, used especially as a substitute for leather in bookbindings, upholstery, etc.

Fabrikoid British

/ ˈfæbrɪˌkɔɪd /

noun

a waterproof fabric made of cloth coated with pyroxylin

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For this reason the use of a washable cloth for covers, such as keratol, durabline, or fabrikoid, is an advantage.

From Project Gutenberg

The best of these are durabline, used exclusively by Cedric Chivers; rexine and pluviusin, used almost exclusively in England; keratol, made in Newark, New Jersey; and fabrikoid, made by the du Pont Powder Company, Wilmington, Delaware.

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This disadvantage no longer exists in the case of fabrikoid.

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Keratol and fabrikoid are made to imitate leather and are frankly sold as such.

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The twenty-four volumes of Modern Business Texts are printed on dull finished paper and bound in Flexible Fabrikoid.

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