dubbin

We don't polish steel, but there is a wonderful lot of hard work in rubbing dubbin into all the leather.

The final process was to give the field shoe a thorough coat of waterproof dubbin.

I love the smell of the leather and the sight of all those sharp little knives, and the black, shiny 'dubbin,' do you call it?

I only 'ad a little wound in me 'and, an' I used ter plug it wi' dubbin' an' boot-polish ter keep it raw.

The dubbin is brushed thickly on to the flesh side of the sammed leather, which is then hung up to dry.