kalsomine

English

Etymology

Trade name.

Noun

kalsomine (countable and uncountable, plural kalsomines)

1. 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)

1. To calcimine.