tannage
tannage noun: the act, operation, or result of tanning; a tanning.
Noun
tannage (countable and uncountable, plural tannages)
- The act, operation, or result of tanning; a tanning.
- They should have got his cheek fresh tannage / Such a day as to-day in the merry sunshine! / Had they stuck on his fist a rough-foot merlin!1845, Robert Browning, “The Flight of the Duchess”, in Tim Cook, editor, The Works of Robert Browning, published 1994, page 340
- After the layer tannage was completed, the crops and bellies from the 44 hides were reassembled and handled as a unit in each subsequent process until finished.1938, US Depoartment of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin, Issues 551-575, page 36
- The act of steeping cast slabs of artificial marble in a solution of potash alum to harden it and make it insoluble.
Forms of tannage
| plural | tannages |
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Origin of tannage
From tan + -age.
Words formed from tannage
Questions about tannage
- What does tannage mean?
- Tannage means the act, operation, or result of tanning; a tanning.
- What part of speech is tannage?
- Tannage is a noun.
- What is the plural of tannage?
- The plural of tannage is tannages.
Words near tannage in the dictionary
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