rubberoidn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈrʌb(ə)rɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˈrəbəˌrɔɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rubber n.¹, -oid suffix.

Etymology: < rubber n.¹ + -oid suffix. Compare Ruberoid n.

Chiefly North American.

A. n.

1. A synthetic form of rubber; a rubber substitute. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [noun] > rubber-like material

rubberoid1879

elastomer1939

1879 Rep. Comm. Patents 1878 (U.S.) 241 Rubberoid Company, Bristol and Philadelphia, Pa. Gum resembling India-rubber.

1884 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 8 Jan. 112/1 Composition as a substitute for hard rubber—The James D. Frary & Son Co., Bridgeport, Conn. Application filed November 26, 1883. ‘The word Rubberoid.’

1892 U.S. Patent 473,161 1/1 A dress-stay formed of a layer B of a flexible substance of a hard nature, such as celluloid, rubberoid, or leatheroid.

1902 Horseless Age 24 Sept. 346/1 A new steering handle made of rubberoid, a substitute for hard rubber, is being placed on the market.

2. A flexible roofing material made of bituminized felt or the like. Cf. Ruberoid n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > bitumen-based compositions > roofing material impregnated with bitumen

roofing felt1843

Ruberoid1894

rubberoid1908

malthoid1936

1908 A. Basley Mrs. Basley's Poultry Bk. 12 The houses can be covered with matched lumber, shakes, canvas, burlap, rubberoid, or even common domestic muslin.

1925 Glasgow Herald 3 Aug. 5 The hut..was timber-built and roofed with rubberoid.

1941 T. Sturgeon in R. Silverberg Sci. Fiction Hall of Fame (2003) 94 One of their bright boys figured out how to build a strong insulant house by using three-ply rubberoid.

1988 J. T. Angus Respectable Ditch xxix. 399 The buildings were single-boarded, covered with rubberoid, lined with heavy building paper, and heated with wood stoves.

2005 D. M. Harland & R. D. Lorenz Space Syst. Failures xv. 326 The collapse was triggered by construction workers placing a load of 18 tonnes of 'rubberoid' on one section of the roof in preparation for repairs.

B. adj.

Made of rubberoid or rubber substitute, or a rubber-like material. Also: resembling rubber. Also figurative.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [adjective] > made of or with synthetic rubber

rubberoid1880

elastomeric1951

1880 Ann. Rep. Secretary of War (U.S.) I. 379 The trial of certain samples of rubberoid fabrics.

1915 Painters Mag. July 381/2 Will you tell me the correct paint to use on rubberoid roofing?

1917 Jrnl. Ophthalmol. & Oto-laryngol. 11 328 Usually the skin is velvety or infantile, but has not the rubberoid condition found in myxedema.

1919 W. H. Dooley Princ. & Methods Industr. Educ. 240 Aprons are provided for such activities as may soil the uniform rapidly or permanently—a rubberoid apron in the machine shop, for instance.

1940 J. Thomas Big Sandy ii. 30 The rubberoid roofing on the box house had many patches, but not enough.

1951 R. Bradbury Illustr. Man (1952) 160 The city awaited the soft tread of their rubberoid boots.

a1957 R. G. Vansittart Mist Procession (1958) xi. 196 The rubberoid frontier of Transylvania was pushed the other way now, and Hungarians lost prodigiously of their former lands.

1990 W. Kelley in T. McMillan Breaking Ice 399 Desmond packs the red lobster (obviously rubberoid) in ice.

1997 D. DeLillo Underworld 519 Erica cleared the table, put on her rubberoid gloves and began to do the dishes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rubberoid
释义	rubberoidn.adj. Brit. /ˈrʌb(ə)rɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈrəbəˌrɔɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rubber n.¹, -oid suffix. Etymology: < rubber n.¹ + -oid suffix. Compare Ruberoid n. Chiefly North American. A. n. 1. A synthetic form of rubber; a rubber substitute. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [noun] > rubber-like material rubberoid1879 elastomer1939 1879 Rep. Comm. Patents 1878 (U.S.) 241 Rubberoid Company, Bristol and Philadelphia, Pa. Gum resembling India-rubber. 1884 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 8 Jan. 112/1 Composition as a substitute for hard rubber—The James D. Frary & Son Co., Bridgeport, Conn. Application filed November 26, 1883. ‘The word Rubberoid.’ 1892 U.S. Patent 473,161 1/1 A dress-stay formed of a layer B of a flexible substance of a hard nature, such as celluloid, rubberoid, or leatheroid. 1902 Horseless Age 24 Sept. 346/1 A new steering handle made of rubberoid, a substitute for hard rubber, is being placed on the market. 2. A flexible roofing material made of bituminized felt or the like. Cf. Ruberoid n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > bitumen-based compositions > roofing material impregnated with bitumen roofing felt1843 Ruberoid1894 rubberoid1908 malthoid1936 1908 A. Basley Mrs. Basley's Poultry Bk. 12 The houses can be covered with matched lumber, shakes, canvas, burlap, rubberoid, or even common domestic muslin. 1925 Glasgow Herald 3 Aug. 5 The hut..was timber-built and roofed with rubberoid. 1941 T. Sturgeon in R. Silverberg Sci. Fiction Hall of Fame (2003) 94 One of their bright boys figured out how to build a strong insulant house by using three-ply rubberoid. 1988 J. T. Angus Respectable Ditch xxix. 399 The buildings were single-boarded, covered with rubberoid, lined with heavy building paper, and heated with wood stoves. 2005 D. M. Harland & R. D. Lorenz Space Syst. Failures xv. 326 The collapse was triggered by construction workers placing a load of 18 tonnes of 'rubberoid' on one section of the roof in preparation for repairs. B. adj. Made of rubberoid or rubber substitute, or a rubber-like material. Also: resembling rubber. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [adjective] > made of or with synthetic rubber rubberoid1880 elastomeric1951 1880 Ann. Rep. Secretary of War (U.S.) I. 379 The trial of certain samples of rubberoid fabrics. 1915 Painters Mag. July 381/2 Will you tell me the correct paint to use on rubberoid roofing? 1917 Jrnl. Ophthalmol. & Oto-laryngol. 11 328 Usually the skin is velvety or infantile, but has not the rubberoid condition found in myxedema. 1919 W. H. Dooley Princ. & Methods Industr. Educ. 240 Aprons are provided for such activities as may soil the uniform rapidly or permanently—a rubberoid apron in the machine shop, for instance. 1940 J. Thomas Big Sandy ii. 30 The rubberoid roofing on the box house had many patches, but not enough. 1951 R. Bradbury Illustr. Man (1952) 160 The city awaited the soft tread of their rubberoid boots. a1957 R. G. Vansittart Mist Procession (1958) xi. 196 The rubberoid frontier of Transylvania was pushed the other way now, and Hungarians lost prodigiously of their former lands. 1990 W. Kelley in T. McMillan Breaking Ice 399 Desmond packs the red lobster (obviously rubberoid) in ice. 1997 D. DeLillo Underworld 519 Erica cleared the table, put on her rubberoid gloves and began to do the dishes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1879
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