0 past simple and past participle of creosote --
1 to put creosote on something: --
James and I creosoted the fence.
One of the chief uses of creosoted wood was in preserving railway ties (sleepers) so they didn't need to be replaced due to wood rot.
In 1952, creosoted wood block roadways of the second bridge were eliminated and replaced by a steel gridwork roadway.
I believe it has always been a rule that you must have a creosoted post if you are putting up a telephone in a rural area.
Standards were made for creosoted wood to be close together.
If the cost of uncreosoted larch be taken as 100, the cost of creosoted larch is 134, of uncreosoted red fir 77, and of creosoted red fir 119.
If wood is properly creosoted under pressure, not merely painted with creosote, it ought to last for from thirty-five to fifty years without any danger of decay.
The boundary fences between the various holdings on many parts of the estate are not creosoted timber, but are actually park railings.
In many cases foundations have not been prepared, and the huts being supported on creosoted posts driven into the ground.
