hook-and-loop fastener

• hook and loop fastener

hook-and-loop fastener (plural hook-and-loop fasteners)

1. Synonym of Velcro (“a fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with miniature fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can still be pulled apart.”)
   • 1959 January 15, Boot and Shoe Recorder 1959-01-15: Vol 155 Iss 4‎:

     Closure for the envelope strap is provided by the new hook and loop fastener, “Velcro,” which does the work of buckles or laces.

• Velcro is the original (later trademarked) name for this type of fastener.