英语词汇neatsfoot oil的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	neatsfoot oil
词源	neatsfoot oil. Neatsfoot oil doesn’t keep anything neat, but it does help preserve leather. Our common word neat has no place here, where neat is simply an old word for cattle and neatsfoot oil refers to an oil made from the feet of neet (cattle).
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