fellmongeringn.
/ˈfɛlˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɛlˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈfɛlˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈfelˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈfelˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ/ Now chiefly Australian and New Zealand.
The business or practice of processing animal skins, esp. that of removing wool from sheepskins before tanning; = fellmongery n. 1.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun]
fellmongering1802
1802 Ipswich Jrnl. 20 Nov. The Fellmongering Business is carried on as usual by her, in conjunction with her Son.
1848 Launceston (Tasmania) Examiner 11 Oct. 661/3 (headline) A few words on fellmongering.
1897 Daily News 7 Oct. 2/2 Fellmongering and leather dressing premises.
1912 Leather World 11 July 516/1 The fellmongering of sheep skins by the use of sodium sulphide is becoming more general.
1958 Jerilderie (New S. Wales) Herald & Urana Advertiser 27 Mar. Mazamet and its people have been engaged in fellmongering since the earliest days of the wool industry.
2007 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 5 He is not directly involved in marketing, rendering, fellmongering or transport.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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