zip-fastenerhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zip-fastener_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezip fastener, n.
Revised 2021

zip fastenernoun

  1. 1925–
    A fastening device for clothes, bags, and other items, consisting of two flexible strips with interlocking projections of metal or plastic which can be closed or opened by pulling a sliding tag along them; = zip n.1 B.2.
    1. 1925
      1 Did anyone tell you that ‘ZIPPERS’ are not being made? 2 Did anyone tell you that the patent ZIP fastener would wear out?
      Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) Times 24 January 2 (advertisement)
    2. 1973
      He stumbled down the nearest alleyway..fumbling as he went for the zip-fastener on his fly.
      A. Price, October Men vii. 95
    3. 2000
      There are two roomy end pockets and a deep front compartment—all with tough alloy zip fasteners.
      Watermark Catalogue (RNLI) Christmas 43/2

Originally published as part of the entry for zip, int. & n.¹

zip, int. & n.¹ was revised in March 2021.