What is neat’s foot oil which is used to break in new baseball gloves?

July 30, 2020January 11, 2012 by Pamela Landy

Neat is a now obsolete term for cattle.

Neat’s-foot oil is the oil extracted from the hooves and slim bones of oxen or cattle.

In olden days, the oil was also used as medicine and as shoe polish.

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