oil-down

English

Alternative forms

• oildown
• oil down

Noun

oil-down (plural oil-downs)

1. The application of oil to the body in order to soothe and/or prevent drying.
   • 2017, “Sturgeon Spearing, Winnebago County Fishing Reports”, in Lake Link:

     Spear will be getting a nice soothing oil-down Saturday.

2. Alternative form of oildown
   1. Meat, breadfruit, and vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
      • 2002, Nicky Agate, The Caribbean, →ISBN, page 726:

        Although you may be offered insipid tourist-oriented fare in larger hotels, local cooking - meaning anything from Indian curry to Creole oil-down, or Spanish-style pastelles - still reigns supreme.

      • 2011, Ken Albala, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, →ISBN:

        When finished and all ingredients are cooked but not mushy, serve in calabash bowls (or ceramic bowls) and eat with a spoon.The pepper can now be removed from the muslin cloth and mashed, and a little can be placed on the oil-down for those who can tolerate the pepper.

      • 2017, Paul Crask, Grenada: Carriacou and Petite Martinique, →ISBN, page 175:

        Popular with locals at the weekend, you will often see people enjoying picnics and oil-downs on the sand by the tables opposite the visitor centre.

   2. Oil spill.
      • 2006, T Taylor, How to draw cars like a pro:

        Taking the time to sharpen a dull pencil after a few strokes is as annoying as an oil-down after each round of drag racing.

      • 2011, Ike Heckler Jr, Drag Racing 201: Racing in the New Economy, page 53:

        It was a little hotter and there were more oil-downs so that kept us pretty busy and we were very tired by the end of Saturday's activities.

      • 2015 January 28, Anne Proffit, “NHRA alters oil-down rules”, in Motorsport:

        "We offer race teams considerable input on how to avoid oil-downs,” said Graham Light, NHRA's senior vice president of racing operations.

      • 2016 -, Scotty Gosson -, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, →ISBN, page 92:

        So it came to pass that National Challenge 1974 was conducted at Gil Kohn's New York National Speedway and was an unconditional disaster, doomed by rain, high ticket prices, no traction, lengthy oil-downs, botched lane assignments, numerous pit fights, charges of slander, threatened officials, surly track personnel, and a general lack of communication, all of which prompted the spectacle of Garlits' public resignation from his presidency and leaving the facility in mid-event.

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