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Lincrusta

The English word “Lincrusta” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A wallcovering made from a paste of gelled linseed oil and woodflour spread on heavy canvas and embossed with a pattern.

Etymology

Marketing coinage of the 1870s, probably from linseed and crust.

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