hydraulic cement

American  

noun

1. cement that can solidify under water.

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Etymology

Origin of hydraulic cement

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Soon there were models in zinc, glass terra cotta, papier-m�ch�, hydraulic cement and vulcanized rubber.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smith patented a method of preserving timber, by incasing it in vitrified earthenware pipes, and filling the space between the timber and the pipe with a grouting of hydraulic cement.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various

Upon this wheel rested the first layers of the masonry, the stones of which were bound together by hydraulic cement, with irresistible tenacity.

From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules

All the spaces between the timbers were filled with broken stone and hydraulic cement; then the cross timbers were laid, filling the spans with the concrete also.

From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice

Says he, 'That paint has got hydraulic cement in it, and it can stand fire and water and acids;' he named over a lot of things.

From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean