English Explanatory Dictionary

lincrusta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Lincrusta.
noun
  1. A wallcovering made from a paste of gelled linseed oil and woodflour spread on heavy canvas and embossed with a pattern.

Word forms

lincrusta lincrustas

Etymology

Marketing coinage of the 1870s, probably from linseed and crust.

Synonyms

Lincrusta-Walton
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