— calenderer , n.
/kal"euhn deuhr/ , n.
1. a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
2. a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.
v.t.
3. to press in a calender.
[ 1505-15; calandre, by vowel assimilation colandre colendra, for L cylindrus CYLINDER; cf. ME calendrer ( ]