tannage

[ tan-ij ]

/ ˈtæn ɪdʒ /

noun

the act or process of tanning leather.

the product of tanning; something that is tanned.

Nearby words

tanker, tankful, tankini, tankship, tanna, tannage, tannaim, tannate, tannenbaum, tannenberg, tanner

Origin of tannage

First recorded in 1655–65; tan¹ + -age

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Examples from the Web for tannage

The liquors may be warmed; this quickens the tannage and also leaches the sumach.
Animal Proteins|Hugh Garner Bennett
Mrs Wilson's a throughgaun quean, and clears mair than a hunder a-year by the Tannage.
The Shepherd's Calendar|James Hogg
If small skins are being tanned for bookbinding purposes, sumach only is employed, and usually the tannage is entirely in paddles.
Animal Proteins|Hugh Garner Bennett
The tannage is largely with gambier and in weak liquors, which also help to give smooth grain.
Animal Proteins|Hugh Garner Bennett

Further disadvantages arise from the fact that the chrome tannage is an "empty" tannage.
Animal Proteins|Hugh Garner Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for tannage

tannage

/ (ˈtænɪdʒ) /

noun

the act or process of tanning

a skin or hide that has been tanned

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