rabbit skin
- noun
- Specialized
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cola de conejo
- For the restoration of old canvases, experts recommend using rabbit skin glue to ensure durability.
- rabbit skin glue
Examples
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When making traditional art supplies, many artisans rely on rabbit skin glue for its excellent adhesive properties.
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Now, fish gelatin is not as strong as something like rabbit skin glue or hide glue.
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And this looks like a rabbit skin glue, but it's a little shiny.
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Painters often prefer using rabbit skin glue because it creates a strong bond between the layers of paint.
Synonyms
A glue that you make by boiling animal skins, bones, or hooves
A sticky glue made by boiling fish skins and bones for woodworking and bookbinding
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Morphology
The phrase 'rabbit skin' taken compositionally denotes the skin of a rabbit; a B1 learner who knows 'rabbit' and 'skin' would most likely understand it literally rather than as an adhesive. The sense 'rabbit-skin glue' is a specialized, technical use that requires world knowledge or prior exposure, so the meaning is not predictably derived from the parts.
Etymology
Rabbit skin also names a strong glue made long ago by boiling real rabbit skins until they became sticky. Because the glue was literally made from rabbit skins, the term came to mean 'a strong natural glue' used by painters and woodworkers.