oiled silk

noun

Silk made waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.

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Meanings

nounoiled silk (countable and uncountable, plural oiled silks)

plural oiled silks

  1. countableuncountableSilk made waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.

    Someone tore open the oiled silk covering and spread out the contents. Six sheets of fine tracing paper, each covered with signs and drawings, were disclosed.

    1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
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