Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
hard-wearing
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Although its meat is delicious, there is no special demand for it, and the same goes for its hard-wearing wool.
▪ As well as having it in the luxury class, I now also include it in the practical, hard-wearing, well worth-the-effort class!
▪ Bolton twill A firm, hard-wearing fabric.
▪ Fashion workwear, the authentic, hard-wearing utility stuff, is not about to go away.
▪ Generally speaking, cotton canvas is the most hard-wearing fabric, followed by nylon and polyester.
▪ It is hard-wearing, crease-resistant, easy to wash and quick drying.
▪ The result is both neat and hard-wearing - it is used for most knitwear commercially after all.
▪ The ultimate in natural flooring, sisal makes a hard-wearing alternative to natural wood floors.
Usage examples of "hard-wearing".
Artificial intelligence, which really works better strung out on a mainframe, and hard-wearing, hazardproof bodywork which most cyber-engineering firms designed to spec for the task in hand.
The Duo had thick balloon-type tyres, made out of a hard-wearing silicon rubber.