hard wear

It was pre-eminently the day of "fragile" women: nothing in their costume seemed made for hard wear.

These are among the best wearing cloths on the market and are especially suitable for suits that will receive hard wear.

It is a dust-shedding material, does not shrink, and bears hard wear well.

His armour was such as had seen many a day's hard wear, and there were plenty of marks of the battle about him.

It cannot be regarded as an economical fur, as the pelt is too delicate to resist hard wear.