noun
Etymology
Origin of caoutchouc
1765–75; < French < Spanish cauchuc (now obsolete), probably ultimately < an Indian language of lowland tropical South America
Example Sentences
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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
The tough, adhesive mixture of caoutchouc, oil, and turpentine turned out well.
From The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Wyss, Jean Rudolph
Though chased by the jacaré, and close run too, neither had abandoned his bundle,—tied by sipos around the neck,—and both the bottled caoutchouc and the cordage were now in the sapucaya.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
Besides making the new belts, therefore, Munday had mended the old ones, giving all the shells an additional coating of caoutchouc, and strengthening the sipos that attached them to one another.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
This was as far as the art had advanced in caoutchouc, or rubber, in the eighteenth century.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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