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
"C-a-o-u-t-c-h-o-u-c caoutchouc," and he marched up head with a smile that showed gladness for himself, and love for those in the class at the head of which he now stood.
From Charlie Newcomer by Wilbur B. Stover
It is also formed in the destructive distillation of many substances, as wood, coal, caoutchouc, bones, resin and the fixed oils.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
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
The forests yield cinchona bark, caoutchouc, sarsaparilla, and vegetable ivory.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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