lubratorium

English

Noun

lubratorium (plural lubratoriums or lubratoria)

1. (US, dated, rare) A place where cars can be serviced with lubrication.
   • 1935, The New Yorker (volume 11, part 2, page 33)

     The lubratorium (a place for greasing motorcars) is marching eastward from the Pacific Coast, and with it comes the chowmeinery and the radioteria.

   • 1939, Hector Bolitho, Haywire: An American Travel Diary, page 26:

     Lubratoriums and Greasing Palaces are both for the benefit of the motorist.