Definitions of dubbin in English
noun
(1) Tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof
(2) Tallow mixed with oil
(3) Used to make leather soft and waterproof
Examples of dubbin in English
(1) Treat your boots with leather oil or dubbin if you want to keep them supple.
(2) The animal fat was used both for cooking and to make tallow for lamps and dubbin .
(3) The skin could have an oily substance like tallow (animal fat), egg yolk or dubbin , which is a mixture of fish oil and tallow.
(4) His comeback black leather jumpsuit has had the requisite dubbin applied.
(5) In fact we had such a good weekend we've already booked our next stay, and I'm rubbing dubbin into my walking boots as I write.
(6) Perhaps they could play a board game or sing songs around a piano while mother gets the tin bath ready in front of the fire for bathtime while father smokes a pipe and dubbins his boots.
synonyms of dubbin
dubbin
