gum elastic

Origin of gum elastic

First recorded in 1780–90

Here too grows the tree from which the gum-elastic is got: it is large and as tall as any in the forest.

Wanderings in South America |Charles Waterton
In an emergency a gum-elastic catheter with a terminal aperture may be passed, as recommended by Macewen and Annandale.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
Professor Espy was here, with a tremendous storm in a gum-elastic bag.

The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") |Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bougies are made of various materials, but for ordinary purposes the gum-elastic is the best.

A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) |Various

I finally threw aside the gum-elastic chamber and unrigged it from around the car.

The Literary World Seventh Reader |Various

gum elastic

another name for rubber 1 (def. 1)