train oil

English

Etymology

From train (“train oil”) +‎ oil, partial calque of Dutch traanolie (“whale oil”). See further etymology at train.

Noun

train oil (countable and uncountable, plural train oils)

  1. Oil obtained from the blubber of marine mammals, especially whale oil.

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