linoleum (Noun) An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride .
linoleum (n.) Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by
some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment
with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the
purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil
mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
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linoleum An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.
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linoleum lin-ō′le-um, n. a preparation used
as a floor-cloth, linseed-oil being greatly used in the making of it. [L.
linum, flax, oleum, oil.]
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