crepe rubber

American  

noun

1. a type of crude or sometimes synthetic rubber pressed into crinkled sheets, used especially in making shoe soles.

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crepe rubber British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: crepe.  a type of crude natural rubber in the form of colourless or pale yellow crinkled sheets, prepared by pressing bleached coagulated latex through corrugated rollers: used for the soles of shoes and in making certain surgical and medical goods Compare smoked rubber

2. a similar synthetic rubber

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Etymology

Origin of crepe rubber

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

On his feet he wore shoes of kangaroo skin, made to order, with pin spikes and crepe rubber soles, lighter than those of his confreres.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only other defect of crepe rubber which has any bearing on its use in manufacture is mould.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

Where crepe rubber is to be made it may be permissible to employ a solution stronger than 1 per cent., but it is not advised.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

In any case, the figures for vulcanised rubber are much in excess of those for raw crepe rubber.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

Colombo Commercial Company’s Drier.—The drier of the Colombo Commercial Company consists in principle of a number of small chambers or units in which crepe rubber is placed, and through which hot air is passed.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney