slasto, noun

/ˈslæstəʊ/
Forms:
Also with initial capital.
Origin:
EnglishShow more Blend of English slate + stone.
The proprietory name of a slate-like shale used (often in irregularly-shaped pieces) for flooring and tiling; applied loosely to any similar material. Also attributive.
1970 Informant, KrugersdorpSlasto. Large flat slabs of shale.
1986 Cape Times 15 Feb. (Weekend Homefinder) 1A face brick home in Constantia’s picturesque Strawberry Lane...Windows: Wood framed. Flooring: Carpeting and golden Slasto tile.
1986 Style June 78The hallway has a spiral staircase entirely covered in slasto.
1988 Fair Lady 22 June (Suppl.) 19The room..was very dark with a wooden ceiling, plywood panelling, a slasto fireplace and an ugly metal window.
1988 H. Prendini in Style June 102We’re talking Blairgowrie, Westdene, Mondeor. The land of the slasto patio, the curlicued burglar guard, the avo dip.
1993 I. Vladislavić Folly 135It was a cute miniature, complete with..a fibreglass swimming-pool with Slasto surround and a Kreepy Krauly.
The proprietory name of a slate-like shale used (often in irregularly-shaped pieces) for flooring and tiling; applied loosely to any similar material. Also attributive.
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