The Collaborative International Dictionary
Train oil
Train oil \Train" oil`\ (oil`). [D. or LG. traan train oil, blubber (cf. Dan. & Sw. tran, G. thran) + E. oil.] Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
Wiktionary
train oil
n. whale oil
WordNet
train oil
n. a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant [syn: whale oil]
Usage examples of "train oil".
Certainly it cannot be olive oil, nor macassar oil, nor castor oil, nor bear's oil, nor train oil, nor cod-liver oil.
I then went below and brought up forty or fifty buckets of train oil, which I poured upon the deck abaft, so that it was covered with oil to the height of several inches.