noun
Etymology
Origin of caoutchouc
1765–75; < French < Spanish cauchuc (now obsolete), probably ultimately < an Indian language of lowland tropical South America
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In the 1700s, a French explorer brought the name "caoutchouc" from a local language: it meant "weeping wood".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2019
It would not have been strange if he had arrived that same night from Madagascar or Java, after enriching himself in a caoutchouc expedition.
From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Armando Palacio Vald?s
The thermometer is then passed down into the inner cylinder, and held securely from the top by means of a piece of caoutchouc.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Henry Negretti
The collectors have already provided themselves with moulds of many kinds, according to the shape they wish the caoutchouc to assume, such as shoes, round balls, bottles with long necks, and the like.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
There are numerous other trees, both in the Old and New World, most of them belonging to the famed family of the figs, which in some degree afford the caoutchouc of commerce.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
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