Crossword clues for dubbin
Wiktionary
alt. A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather, and make it waterproof. n. A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather, and make it waterproof.
WordNet
n. tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof
Wikipedia
Dubbin is a wax product used to soften, condition and waterproof leather and other materials. It consists of natural wax, oil and tallow.
It is different from shoe polish, which is used to impart shine and colour to leather.
Dubbin has been used since medieval times to waterproof and soften leather boots.
The name dubbin is a contraction of the gerund dubbing, describing the action of applying the wax to leather.
Usage examples of "dubbin".
There were her eyes--they still seemed to her rather bright, in spite of the lines round them--the eyes she had shaded in the railway carriage because Dubbin praised them.
The place still smelled like a barracks: old leather, dubbin, tons of aging paper in file cabinets, floor wax, and the pine-scented cleanser the British had used in the cells, all too familiar to McGarr whose official responsibilities had made the Castle the part of his life he enjoyed least.
She had watched her father in his dressing room lovingly applying dubbin to the leather with his fingers and polishing it to a dull glow with his own bare palm.
Age-darkened shelves and drawers covered the walls, and the glass-topped counter on one side was filled with shoelaces, tins of dubbin, and boxes of buckles.