vegetable tanning

American  

noun

1. the act or process of tanning hide by the infusion of plant extract.

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Example Sentences

These figures correspond closely to those obtained by the analysis of leathers tanned with vegetable tanning materials, and this proves the similarity between the Neradol D tannage and a vegetable tannage in their chemical aspects.

From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg

Neradol D liquor for about four days; the resultant leather being nearly white and otherwise very similar to a leather tanned with vegetable tanning materials.

From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg

Whereas the evaluation of vegetable tanning matters necessitates determinations of their practical applicability in addition to qualitative and quantitative analyses, the latter two determinations are of practically no value when dealing with synthetic tannins.

From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg

It is tanned by natives according to some method of vegetable tanning not completely known at this time.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low