oil patch
/ˈɔɪl ˌpatʃ/noun
1A patch of oil on a floor or other surface; especially an oil slick on the sea or some other area of water.
2 Informal (originally US ). An oil-producing area; the oil industry in a particular area.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From oil + patch.
- goalkeeping
- goal kick
- goal-kicker
- goal-kicking
- goalless
- goal line
- go (all) round the houses
- go all the (or the whole) way
- goalminder
- goalmouth
- go-alone
- go along with
- goal-orientated
- goal-oriented
- goal poacher
- goalpost
- goalscorer
- goalscoring
- goal sneak
- goaltender
- goaltending
- goal to go
- goal umpire
- goalward
- goalwards