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▪ I. roll-on, n. and a.|ˈrəʊlɒn|
[f. to roll on.]
A. n.
a. Also pl. A type of elasticated corset designed to be stepped into and rolled up on to the body.
b. A deodorant, etc., applied by means of a rolling stopper at the mouth of the container.
a.1941Amer. Speech XVI. 96 Do you like these Roll⁓ons? 1945Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 29 Mar. 3/2 A start could be made by changing the corsets—reminiscent of cumbersome bone and lacing styles—and attracting young women with the idea of..roll-ons. 1960M. Cecil Something in Common 40 Holding the base of her roll-ons firmly, she wriggled inside them optimistically. 1963Times 7 June 8/1 He was searched and underneath a woman's roll-on was found to have 28 bars of gold weighing 61lb. in a belt. 1972Times 26 June 13/5, I..found myself in a bedroom in which was a very surprised lady struggling into her roll-on.
b.1960Which? Feb. 35/2 Body mist, the only roll-on to contain hexachlorophane, weakened nylon and viscose rayon.
B. adj. That rolls on; involving rolling on.
1950B. Pym Some Tame Gazelle i. 9 She liked her clothes to fit tightly and always wore an elastic roll-on corset. 1960Which? Feb. 35/1 Most of those who commented preferred the roll-on method to either spray or stick. 1962Fuller Brush Products Feb. 2/2 ‘Roll-On’ anti-perspirant and deodorant. 1975N. Freeling What are Bugles blowing For? xx. 118 Her mind was furnished with moisture cream and roll-on deodorants. 1981Radio Times 16–22 May 26/2 (Advt.), Two-way stretch roll-on girdle.
▪ II. ˈroll-on, ˈroll-off
[f. to roll on, to roll off.]
Used attrib. with reference to a method of transportation of vehicles by ship in which they are simply driven on to the vessel at the beginning of the voyage and off it at the end. Cf. lift-on, lift-off s.v. lift v. 14.
1955Sun (Baltimore) 3 Nov. 10/2 At Palm Beach, he said, two major facilities of immediate value and interest are available to roll-on, roll-off shippers. 1958Engineering 21 Mar. 354/3 Improvements are being made, including..the introduction of special containers, palletisation and of roll-on/roll-off methods. 1963Times Rev. Industry Dec. 31 Collect a combined load from a number of British factories. Utilize the rollon-rolloff ferry services and deliver the goods direct to the continental buyer without using any expensive foreign warehouse space. 1967Sunday Times 1 Jan. 24/6 Car-carrying liners with roll-on, roll-off facilities. 1969Guardian 23 July 16/8 A ferry terminal for roll-on, roll-off passenger traffic. 1970Times 2 June (Container Suppl.) p. ii/2 By the mid-1970s it is estimated that about 160 ocean-going purpose-built cellular container ships and roll-on roll-off ships with container capacity will be operating on the world's trade routes. 1972Guardian 14 Aug. 20/2 Plans for a roll-on, roll-off ferry to Shetland from Aberdeen. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 16 Nov. 1/5 Dockers have threatened to close Portsmouth Docks in a move to stop Brittany Ferries from opening a freight service. They argue that yet another roll-on roll-off service would affect the jobs of dockers at ports like Poole. |
