dubbin
a mixture of tallow and oil used in dressing leather.
Origin of dubbin
1- Also dubbing.
Words Nearby dubbin
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How to use dubbin in a sentence
We don't polish steel, but there is a wonderful lot of hard work in rubbing dubbin into all the leather.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V. | Erskine ChildersThe final process was to give the field shoe a thorough coat of waterproof dubbin.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict CrowellI love the smell of the leather and the sight of all those sharp little knives, and the black, shiny 'dubbin,' do you call it?
Young Lives | Richard Le GallienneI only 'ad a little wound in me 'and, an' I used ter plug it wi' dubbin' an' boot-polish ter keep it raw.
Combed Out | Fritz August VoigtThe dubbin is brushed thickly on to the flesh side of the sammed leather, which is then hung up to dry.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for dubbin
dubbing
/ (ˈdʌbɪn) /
British a greasy mixture of tallow and oil applied to leather to soften it and make it waterproof
Origin of dubbin
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