rustproofing

[ ruhst-proo-fing ]

noun

1. the process of making metal rustproof.
2. Also called rustproofer. a substance used in this process.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rustproofing¹

First recorded in 1915–20; rustproof + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Iron Man 13: Tony Stark falls prey to a villainous plot when he orders a new suit and agrees to get the rustproofing.

From Washington Post

Recently, he obtained employment papers and began working at a car dealership in Montreal, rustproofing vehicles.

From The New Yorker

Her father was a chemistry professor who perfected a method of rustproofing; her mother, she said, was a romantic who read to her daughters during summer boating idylls.

From New York Times

You'll learn about the subtle moves a salesman can make to prompt you into buying and the business manager's methods of maximizing profits by selling you insurance or rustproofing products.

From Washington Post

For an expenditure that has so far soared to $1.75 billion, the U.S. has covered the sandy bulge of the waist of Florida with an architectural fantasy that began with the now familiar pattern of old Cape Kennedy proper: the bending, baking shoreline, the line of steel launching towers covered with red, rustproofing paint, the overgrown concrete igloos, blastproof behind 2-ft.-thick steel doors.

From Time Magazine Archive