tannage
Americannoun
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the act or process of tanning
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a skin or hide that has been tanned
Etymology
Origin of tannage
Example Sentences
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Tanning experiments carried out with the chromium, iron, aluminium, and calcium salts of Ordoval G yielded leathers which possessed proportionate characteristics of either kind of tannage to the extent to which either material was present.
From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg
They should have got his cheek fresh tannage Such a day as today in the merry sunshine!
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra
The best tannage becomes saturated at from ten to fourteen pounds upon the inch, whilst that prepared with the Composition, was not penetrated at 180 lbs. upon the inch.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 390, September 19, 1829 by Various
Reactions of Neradol D with Iron and Alkalies A special characteristic of Neradol D tannage is the sensitiveness of the latter to the action of iron and alkalies.
From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg
In all cases rapid tannage was observed yielding firm and soft leathers of light brown colour and varying degrees of swollenness.
From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg
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