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neatsfoot

neatsfoot noun: a yellow oil rendered and purified from the shinbones and feet (but not the hooves) of cattle, and used as a conditioning, softening and preservative agent for leather.

Noun

neatsfoot (uncountable)

  1. A yellow oil rendered and purified from the shinbones and feet (but not the hooves) of cattle, and used as a conditioning, softening and preservative agent for leather.

Origin of neatsfoot

From neat (“cattle”) + -s- + foot.

Words formed from neatsfoot

  • neatsfoot oil

Questions about neatsfoot

What does neatsfoot mean?
Neatsfoot means a yellow oil rendered and purified from the shinbones and feet (but not the hooves) of cattle, and used as a conditioning, softening and preservative agent for leather.
What part of speech is neatsfoot?
Neatsfoot is a noun.

Words near neatsfoot in the dictionary

  1. neatresse
  2. neatresses
  3. neatrup
  4. neatrups
  5. neats
  6. neatsfoot
  7. neatwork
  8. Neave
  9. neaves
  10. neb
  11. neb-neb

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