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

Houses for drying crepe rubber may be of one floor, two floors, or even three floors.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

Sheet rubber gives results in some ways inferior to compact crepe rubber when subjected to physical tests.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

This condition may be created inadvertently in the course of factory practice, if piles of crepe rubber are allowed to remain for any appreciable period before hanging to dry.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

It will be recognised, of course, that undiluted latex may only be used in any case for the preparation of crepe rubber; or in some exceptional case, such as the special preparation of “slab” rubber.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney