trank
1 Americannoun
noun
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the piece of leather from which one glove is cut.
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the cut or shaped trank, not including thumb, gussets, and fourchettes.
Etymology
Origin of trank1
By shortening and respelling
Origin of trank2
First recorded in 1860–65; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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From Time Magazine Archive
I don't believe I've had a trank in the past twenty years, Miss Haer.
From Mercenary by Birmingham, Lloyd
After this the trank or outline of the glove must be cut out.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various
To accomplish this operation the trank must be firmly stretched in one direction, and while so stretched a "redell" stamps the proper dimensions in the other direction, to which the leather is trimmed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various
The trank must be so cut as to have just enough leather to make a glove of a certain size and number.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various
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