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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