lime pit

noun

(in tanning) a pit containing lime in which hides are placed to remove the hair

Nearby words

lime, lime burner, lime glass, lime green, lime liniment, lime pit, lime sulfur, lime tree, lime twig, lime-juicer, lime-sulfur

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Examples from the Web for lime pit

A finer sort of parchment than the former, but prepared in the same manner, except that it is not passed through the lime-pit.
A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery|Benziger Brothers
Perhaps in a stone-quarry, or lime-pit; perhaps at the edge of waters.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 3, September 1843|Various