pipeclay

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)catlinite

verb

1. (transitive)To whiten by application of pipeclay.

   “I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.”

   “The walls were lined with paper-bark, pipe-clayed and panelled with polished bloodwood.”

2. (UK, dated, slang, transitive)To clear off.

   “to pipeclay accounts”

name

1. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.