lincrusta

/ lɪnˈkrʌstə /

noun

C19: from Latin linum flax + crusta rind

Victoria walked up to her bedroom; the staircase was papered with a pretty blue and white pattern over a dado of white lincrusta.

It was not his taste; but in its own substantial, lincrusta way it was the acme of comfort and security.

Still another way out of the difficulty is to get just the length of Lincrusta and tack it on neatly.

They are usually embedded in the old Lincrusta Walton strata, and are rare consequently.

Lincrusta Walton, a plastic material invented by Walton, capable of being moulded into raised patterns for decorating walls, &c.

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