galipot

American  

[gal-uh-pot] / ˈgæl əˌpɒt /

Or gallipot

noun

1. a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.

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galipot British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌpɒt /

noun

1. a resin obtained from several species of pine, esp from the S European Pinus pinaster

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Etymology

Origin of galipot

1785–95; < French galipot, galipo, perhaps < Old French garipot a species of pine tree

Example Sentences

Galipot, gal′i-pot, n. the white resin which exudes from pine, yielding, when refined, white, yellow, or Burgundy pitch.

From Project Gutenberg

It is commercially known as “scrape,” and is similar to the French “galipot” or “barras.”

From Project Gutenberg

Then you must know the special marks of this kind of tree and that, the galipot of the pine, the bark of deciduous trees, the moss that grows at their roots, the angle of the south and north-pointing branches, the stones that are moss-covered and those that are bare, and the pattern of the network of veins in the leaves.

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