Linoleum
[lɪ'nəʊlɪəm] or [lɪ'nolɪəm]
Definition
(n.) Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
(n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
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Definition
n. a preparation used as a floor-cloth linseed-oil being greatly used in the making of it.
Edited by Caleb
Examples
- We heard the door open, a few hurried words, and then quick steps upon the linoleum. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The utilising of oils in the manufacture of oilcloth and linoleum and rubber, has become of great commercial value. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The corridor which led to the room was laid down with a kind of creamy linoleum which shows an impression very easily. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He has left two nail-marks from his boot upon your linoleum just where the light strikes it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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