pipeclaying

Verb

pipeclay (third-person singular simple present pipeclays, present participle pipeclaying, simple past and past participle pipeclayed)

1. (transitive) To whiten by application of pipeclay.
   • I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 24
2. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To clear off.
   • to pipeclay accounts

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