rape oil
noun Chemistry.
a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
Also called
rapeseed oil,
colza oil.
Origin of rape oil
First recorded in 1535–45
Words nearby rape oil
rapallo,
rape,
rape culture,
rape of lucrece, the,
rape of the lock, the,
rape oil,
rapeseed,
rapeseed oil,
raphael,
raphaelesque,
raphe
Example sentences from the Web for rape oil
He instanced the cases of articles used in dyeing, as well as olive and rape-oil.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. |E. Farr and E. H. NolanThe odor is stronger than that of linseed-cake, and differs but little from that of rape-oil.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual |Charles Alexander Cameron