Definition of "lubritorium"

Thus, whether stations have or do not have inside lubritoriums, affords a ready means for a gemeral classification of gasoline outlets as to the adequacy of their facilities.

1957, United States Congress House Select Committee on Small Business, Distribution Practices in The Petroleum Industry, page 34

We estimate the size of the building and platform, not counting the outside, maneuvering and parking areas, in excess of 50,000 square feet, plus, as you have inquired, a “lubritorium” which is postal parlance for a post office garage.

1963, United States Congress, Hearings, volume 18, page 367

The Lubritorium was now a basic part of the American gasoline station, with the moneymaking services it generated a welcome boost to sagging fuel sales.

1992, Michael Karl Witzel, American Gas Station: History and Folklore of Gas Stations in America, page 85

[…] neon-lit motels began to dot the highways; the grocer′s shop became a supermarket, the garage a lubritorium; the ‘bottle-oh’ and the ‘ice-man’ sold their yards and saw them transformed into candy-striped Chicken-Inns or pre-owned car showrooms with more pennants than at Agincourt.

1975, John Ritchie, Australia as once we were, page 247

The Norfolk & Western′s Lubritoriums were considered by many to be the ultimate development of the engine house.

2001, Martin J. McGuirk, The Model Railroader′s Guide to Locomotive Servicing Terminals, page 49

His study was nicknamed ‘the lubritorium’; there he oiled the wheels and smoothed over difficult situations.

2007, Jenny Gregory, Keys, George Eric Maxwell, entry in Diane Langmore, Darryl Bennet (editors), Australian Dictionary of Biography: Volume 17 1981-1990 A-K, page 624