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TANNERY
tannery
(noun) workplace where skins and hides are tanned
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tannery (plural tanneries)
A place where people tan hides to make leather.
(uncountable) The business of a tanner.
Source: Wiktionary
Tan"ner*y, n.; pl. Tanneries. Etym: [Cf. F. tannerie.]
1. A place where the work of tanning is carried on.
2. The art or process of tanning. [R.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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