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

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crepe rubber

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

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

In any case, the figures for vulcanised rubber are much in excess of those for raw 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

It should only be necessary to point out that essentially block rubber is merely pressed crepe rubber.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney