Schreiner

[ shrahy-ner ]

/ ˈʃraɪ nər /

noun

OliveRalph Iron, c1862–1920, English author and feminist.

schreinerize

[ shrahy-nuh-rahyz ]

/ ˈʃraɪ nəˌraɪz /

verb (used with object), schrei·ner·ized, schrei·ner·iz·ing.

to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.

Also schrei·ner

[shrahy-ner] /ˈʃraɪ nər/; especially British, schrei·ner·ise.

Origin of schreinerize

First recorded in 1905–10; see origin at schreiner finish, -ize

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Mr. Schreiner, son of a Lutheran missionary and an English lady, was born in 1859.
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British Dictionary definitions for schreiner

Schreiner

/ (ˈʃraɪnə) /

noun

Olive (Emilie Albertina). 1855–1920, South African novelist and feminist writer, whose works include the autobiographical The Story of an African Farm (1883) and Women and Labour (1911)

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