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Definition of Nonskid
1. Adjective. Designed to reduce or prevent skidding. "Nonskid tires"
Definition of Nonskid
1. Adjective. Having a surface designed to prevent or reduce skidding; not able to skid or be skidded upon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonskid
1. designed to inhibit skidding [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonskid
Literary usage of Nonskid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bound for Good Health: A Collection of Age PagesMedical (1993)
"Tack down carpeting on stairs and use nonskid treads. ... Use grab bars on bathroom
walls and nonskid mats or strips in the bathtub. ..."
2. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1915)
"The Ajax nonskid tread depicted at E is composed of diamond-shaped rubber ...
For this reason a number of auxiliary treads and nonskid devices have been ..."
3. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1915)
"The Ajax nonskid tread depicted at E is composed of diamond-shaped rubber pieces
molded integral with the tread when the tire is cured. ..."
4. Park Service: Need to Address Management Problems That Plague the by Barry T. Hill (2001)
"One or two units lacked at least one chair, an available writing surface, shades
or draperies, nonskid pads/strips in the shower/tub, or electrical outlets ..."
5. Story of the Automobile: Its History and Development from 1760 to 1917, with by Herbert Lee Barber (1917)
"Comparable in importance to the tire was the nonskid chain, the invention of
Parsons, an English engineer, who patented it in 1903. ..."
6. Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housingby David E. Jacobs by David E. Jacobs (1996)
"Shoes or disposable shoe covers should have nonskid soles, particularly for work
on plastic-covered surfaces. Shoe covers should not be used when workers ..."
7. Caregiver Connection: Training Manualby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1989)
"nonskid treads. 4. Handrail: detached, graspable, end of rail shaped to signify
bottom of ... nonskid wax. 3. Thresholds removed. 4. No extension cords. 5. ..."
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