Schreiner
[ shrahy-ner ]
/ ˈʃraɪ nər /
noun
OliveRalph Iron,c1862–1920,
English author and feminist.
Definition for schreiner (2 of 2)
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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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)