English Dictionary

glue-boiler

名詞

A specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.

日本語の意味

20世紀初頭まで発展した国々で行われた専門職で、主に牛の骨などを原料に、書類、製本、木工、象牙の象嵌などに用いられる接着剤を製造する職業

The museum's new exhibit features tools and a faded ledger from the last local glue-boiler, whose bone-based adhesives once held together every book in town.

博物館の新しい展示には、地元最後のにかわ職人の道具と色あせた帳簿があり、牛の骨から作られた接着剤でかつて町のすべての本は綴じられていました。

意味（1）

A specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.

glue-boilers （ plural ）