PIPECLAY • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Pipeclay

... eye, Sergeant, there is very little difference, not more than you'll find between a brig and a snow. To me they seem alike: all scarlet, and feathers, and powder, and pipeclay." ...

— The Pathfinder - The Inland Sea • James Fenimore Cooper

... protection against precisely the kind of thing which they openly tolerated and encouraged; yes, and even the militia, the guarantee of law and order, Broadcastle's own command, were decked out in tinsel and pipeclay, strutting to music in a palpable bid for applause and admiration. And yonder—the tide of anarchy was slowly but surely rising about the Rathbawne Mills, presaging riot, bloodshed, God alone knew what!—but one thing, inevitably,—the ...

— The Lieutenant-Governor • Guy Wetmore Carryl