Japanese lacquer

American  

noun

1. lacquer.

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Etymology

Origin of Japanese lacquer

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

To make the cement waterproof and protect it from being eaten by rodents and other pests, it might be coated with Japanese lacquer.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2022

They were black and shiny as Japanese lacquer, with a shock of red on the sole.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

A fossil kauri gum is collected for export; it makes a varnish almost equal to Japanese lacquer.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

Mr. Doggett pointed to where against the side of the patched weather-boarding hung a hand-made hoe, shining like polished silver, its hickory handle worn to the hard glossiness of Japanese lacquer.

From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell

Do you know that he has the one collection of Japanese lacquer in Europe?

From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)