fellmongeryn.

Brit.

/ˈfɛlˌmʌŋɡ(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈfɛlˌməŋɡ(ə)ri/,

/ˈfɛlˌmɑŋɡ(ə)ri/

Forms: 1700s felmongery, 1800s– fellmongery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fellmonger n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < fellmonger n.: see -ery suffix.

1. The business or practice of processing animal skins, esp. that of removing the wool from sheepskins before tanning.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in skins or furs

skin trade1698

peltry trade1722

fur trade1732

fellmongery1759

furring1778

1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 393 Likewise a good Trade in the Felmongery Business.

1822 Manch. Guardian 1 June The premises are..calculated for the purpose of carrying on the Tannery (with Fellmongery and Glue-making) upon a very extensive scale.

1865 Hampshire Advertiser 16 Sept. 6/5 Mr. Mackey: Did you see any fellmongery going on.—Colonel Reynardson: I don't know what that is, but there is a ‘most awful smell’.

1933 N.Z. Herald 20 Mar. 7/8 The following undertakings have been excluded:—Meat freezing and preserving,..sausage-casing manufacture, fellmongery and wool-scouring, [etc.].

1957 G. J. Butland Human Geogr. of Southern Chile iii. v. 117 Manufacturing plants..concerned with wool washing, elaboration of tallow into soap products,..fellmongery and fur preparation.

2004 P. C. Wynn et al. in A. Rosati et al. WAAP Bk. of Year 2003 (World Assoc. for Animal Production) i. 31/1 Pelts that have the bulky wool removed by fellmongery tend to make poor nappa leather.

2. An establishment or premises in which animal skins are processed, esp. one in which the wool is removed from sheepskins before tanning. Now chiefly Australian and New Zealand.

ΚΠ

1846 Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane) 25 July 3 There is also upon the establishment a fellmongery with large reservoirs of water where the skins of sheep boiled down are cleared of their wool.

1880 R. Rose Austral. Guide 10 There are 60 tanneries and fellmongeries..and, in addition to these, there are numerous large wool-washing works.

1918 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 1 165 Sheep and lamb skins are conveyed into another building, called the fellmongery, and after being washed in a ‘dolly’ they are painted on the flesh side.

1957 H. Phillips Surv. Fellmongering N.Z. & Austral. 16 There are more separate fellmongeries in Australia than in New Zealand.

2013 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 28 Oct. 2 Close to 90 people lost their jobs in the Horowhenua town of Shannon last week, after Silver Fern Farms sold its fellmongery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fellmongery
释义	fellmongeryn. Brit. /ˈfɛlˌmʌŋɡ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈfɛlˌməŋɡ(ə)ri/, /ˈfɛlˌmɑŋɡ(ə)ri/ Forms: 1700s felmongery, 1800s– fellmongery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fellmonger n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < fellmonger n.: see -ery suffix. 1. The business or practice of processing animal skins, esp. that of removing the wool from sheepskins before tanning.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in skins or furs skin trade1698 peltry trade1722 fur trade1732 fellmongery1759 furring1778 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 393 Likewise a good Trade in the Felmongery Business. 1822 Manch. Guardian 1 June The premises are..calculated for the purpose of carrying on the Tannery (with Fellmongery and Glue-making) upon a very extensive scale. 1865 Hampshire Advertiser 16 Sept. 6/5 Mr. Mackey: Did you see any fellmongery going on.—Colonel Reynardson: I don't know what that is, but there is a ‘most awful smell’. 1933 N.Z. Herald 20 Mar. 7/8 The following undertakings have been excluded:—Meat freezing and preserving,..sausage-casing manufacture, fellmongery and wool-scouring, [etc.]. 1957 G. J. Butland Human Geogr. of Southern Chile iii. v. 117 Manufacturing plants..concerned with wool washing, elaboration of tallow into soap products,..fellmongery and fur preparation. 2004 P. C. Wynn et al. in A. Rosati et al. WAAP Bk. of Year 2003 (World Assoc. for Animal Production) i. 31/1 Pelts that have the bulky wool removed by fellmongery tend to make poor nappa leather. 2. An establishment or premises in which animal skins are processed, esp. one in which the wool is removed from sheepskins before tanning. Now chiefly Australian and New Zealand. ΚΠ 1846 Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane) 25 July 3 There is also upon the establishment a fellmongery with large reservoirs of water where the skins of sheep boiled down are cleared of their wool. 1880 R. Rose Austral. Guide 10 There are 60 tanneries and fellmongeries..and, in addition to these, there are numerous large wool-washing works. 1918 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 1 165 Sheep and lamb skins are conveyed into another building, called the fellmongery, and after being washed in a ‘dolly’ they are painted on the flesh side. 1957 H. Phillips Surv. Fellmongering N.Z. & Austral. 16 There are more separate fellmongeries in Australia than in New Zealand. 2013 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 28 Oct. 2 Close to 90 people lost their jobs in the Horowhenua town of Shannon last week, after Silver Fern Farms sold its fellmongery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1759
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