zip fastener

noun

, British.

1. a zipper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zip fastener¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

He said Mr Cavanagh had been identified from images of the night, and was also linked to the scene through a burned zip fastener which was found nearby.

From BBC

The zip fastener had long since been wrenched out of them.

From Literature

The plastic zip fastener was another near miss, dating from the Monte Carlo years.

From BBC

At first the zip fastener seemed like a machina ex deo: a lightweight, lightning-fast way of closing the fabric gap with none of the muss of laces or the fuss of snaps, the bulge of buttons or the bother of hooks and eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive