Rueping process

noun
Rue·​ping process | \ ˈrü|piŋ-, ˈrē|\

Definition of Rueping process

: a treatment for preserving wood with the use of a minimum amount of coal-tar creosote by alternating pressure and vacuum so that only the walls of the wood cells are coated and the cells themselves are not filled

First Known Use of Rueping process

1904, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Rueping process

after Max Rüping 20th century German timber engineer, its originator

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