kalsomine
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English
Etymology
Trade name.
Noun
kalsomine (countable and uncountable, plural kalsomines)
- Calcimine.
- 1884 March 21, “Kalsomining An Officer”, in The New York Times:
- When the policeman tried to take Gunn into custody he defended himself with a kalsomine brush to the great detriment of the officer's uniform.
- 1840 June 27, "Domestic" section in Preston Chronicle,
- The Preston Chronicle reports that Kalsomine, invented by Miss Fanny Corbaux, has "been lately introduced to public notice"
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 275:
- The walls and ceiling of the little hall were lined with tongue-and-groove boards that had been, mistakenly, coated with kalsomine.
Verb
kalsomine (third-person singular simple present kalsomines, present participle kalsomining, simple past and past participle kalsomined)
- To calcimine.