crepe rubber

American  

noun

1. a type of crude or sometimes synthetic rubber pressed into crinkled sheets, used especially in making shoe soles.

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crepe rubber British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: crepe.  a type of crude natural rubber in the form of colourless or pale yellow crinkled sheets, prepared by pressing bleached coagulated latex through corrugated rollers: used for the soles of shoes and in making certain surgical and medical goods Compare smoked rubber

2. a similar synthetic rubber

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Etymology

Origin of crepe rubber

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

On his feet he wore shoes of kangaroo skin, made to order, with pin spikes and crepe rubber soles, lighter than those of his confreres.

From Time Magazine Archive

Should this latex be poured into ordinary latex without thorough mixing, it is sometimes found that, when the crepe rubber is dry, there are distinct yellow streaks.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

Surface Moulds or Mildews on Crepe Rubber.—Defects of this nature are most uncommon in the higher grades of crepe rubber, but cases of affection in the lower grades are not rare.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

The method is applicable to both sheet and crepe rubber.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

To those accustomed only to the preparation of crepe rubber, where coagulation can be effected in large batches, the preparation of sheet rubber always seems to demand much more labour.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney