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Definition of Linoleum
1. Noun. A floor covering.
Definition of Linoleum
1. 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.
Definition of Linoleum
1. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Linoleum
1. a durable material used as a floor covering [n -S]
Medical Definition of Linoleum
1. 1. 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. 2. A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing. Origin: L. Linum flax + oleum oil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linoleum
Literary usage of Linoleum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"linoleum also became a formidable competitor with the old form of oil floor-cloth,
and on the expiry of Mr Walton's patent the manufacture of the new ..."
2. Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston (1921)
"linoleum.—linoleum is a material of cork composition which may be purchased at
a great range of ... A thin linoleum called oilcloth is the cheapest quality. ..."
3. The Hygiene, Diseases and Mortality of Occupations by John Thomas Arlidge (1892)
"The Manufacture of Floorcloth and of linoleum.—This is-.a manufacture of considerable
... Likewise in the more complex operations to make linoleum the like ..."
4. The Hygiene, Diseases and Mortality of Occupations by John Thomas Arlidge (1892)
"The Manufacture of Floorcloth and of linoleum.—This is a manufacture of considerable
... Likewise in the more complex operations to make linoleum the like ..."
5. NBS Special Publication (1919)
"linoleum Cement. The Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department, desired
information on linoleum cement. It was found that the shellac cements, ..."
6. The Trust Movement in British Industry: A Study of Business Organisation by Henry William Macrosty (1907)
"First comes Barry, Ostlere, & Shepherd, an amalgamation in 1899 of three Kirkcaldy
firms of linoleum makers with a capital of £938000 —-purchase money ..."
7. The Occupational Diseases: Their Causation, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention by William Gilman Thompson (1914)
"OILCLOTH AND linoleum linoleum is composed of a groundwork of cloth over ...
The linoleum, after patu painting, is hung on long racks in rooms heated by ..."
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