Chloride of lime Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
    bleaching powder; chlorinated lime.

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Definitions
  1. bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl, used in bleaching and disinfecting; called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.

Webster 1913