nutgall
nounEtymology From nut + gall.
1
A kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape.
- In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.1848, John Hannett, Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, page 65:
- Synonyms
- gallnut