pipeclayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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名詞

pipeclay (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 pipeclays)

1. catlinite

同意語

• pipestone

動詞

pipeclay (三人称単数 現在形 pipeclays, 現在分詞 pipeclaying, 過去形および過去分詞形 pipeclayed)

1. (transitive) To whiten by application of pipeclay.
   • 1914 June, James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, OCLC 1170255194:

     I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 92, [1]

     The walls were lined with paper-bark, pipe-clayed and panelled with polished bloodwood.

2. (transitive, slang, dated, UK) To clear off.

   to pipeclay accounts