Rueping process
noun
Rue·ping process
ˈrü|piŋ-,
ˈrē|
: 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
Word History
Etymology
after Max Rüping 20th century German timber engineer, its originator
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above