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linoleum|lɪˈnəʊlɪəm|
[f. L. līnum flax + oleum oil.]
A kind of floor-cloth made by coating canvas with a preparation of oxidized linseed-oil. Hence linoleumed |lɪˈnəʊlɪəmd|, ppl. a.
1878Law Rep., Chanc. Div. VII. 834 A Mr. Walton obtained several patents, the last and principal being in 1863, for preparing floorcloth by means of a certain solidified or oxidised oil to which he gave the name Linoleum, and the floorcloth made by him therewith had been called and known as ‘Linoleum Floor Cloth’, and apparently also as ‘Linoleum’... In 1864 the Linoleum Manufacturing Company..was formed. 1879in Webster, Suppl. 1892Pictorial World 21 May 104/1 A chilly tiled or linoleumed passage. 1895Daily News 21 Nov. 9/4 Furnishers, upholsterers, carpet and linoleum warehousemen. |