Kalsomine

Origin

Trade name.

Full definition of kalsomine

Noun

1. Calcimine.
• 1884, March 21, "Kalsomining An Officer", 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 2003, p. 275:The walls and ceiling of the little hall were lined with tongue-and-groove boards that had been, mistakenly, coated with kalsomine.

Verb

1. To calcimine.