caoutchouc

American  

[kou-chook, kou-chook] / ˈkaʊ tʃʊk, kaʊˈtʃuk /

noun

1. rubber.

2. pure rubber.

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caoutchouc British  

/ -ˈtʃʊk, kaʊˈtʃuːk, ˈkaʊtʃuːk, -tʃʊk /

noun

1. another name for rubber 1

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Etymology

Origin of caoutchouc

1765–75; < French < Spanish cauchuc (now obsolete), probably ultimately < an Indian language of lowland tropical South America

Example Sentences

In the 1700s, a French explorer brought the name "caoutchouc" from a local language: it meant "weeping wood".

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2019

Kamptulicon, kamp-tū′li-kon, n. a ground cork and caoutchouc floorcloth.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

In this respect gutta percha differs from india-rubber or caoutchouc, which does not become plastic and unlike gutta percha is elastic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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 Palacio Vald?s, Armando

But they seem to forget, that there is no measure of limitation, for a miracle; and that the salt might have been purposely designed, like caoutchouc, to resist the action of water.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old