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