insect powder
noun1
A powder used to kill or deter insects.
- Susan and Arthur were explaining to Mrs. Paley that an expedition had been proposed; and Mrs. Paley having grasped the fact, gave the advice of an old traveller that they should take nice canned vegetables, fur coats, and insect powder.1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XIX, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- Persian insect powder
- Related terms
- insecticide