pipeclay
noun
- fine white clay which forms a ductile paste with water
Wiktionary
name
- A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
Etymology: From pipe + clay.
- Catlinite
verb
Etymology: From pipe + clay.
- To whiten by application of pipeclay.
“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.”
“The walls were lined with paper-bark, pipe-clayed and panelled with polished bloodwood.”
- To clear off.
“to pipeclay accounts”