单词 | skinnery |
释义 | skinneryn. 1. Skins or furs collectively. rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > collectively skinnerya1475 a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 180 To drapery & skynnery euer haue ye a sight. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. vii. 42 The skinnery of the new start-ups extracted out of the fallow butt, incornifistibulated and plodded upon in the Angelick summe. 1906 M. Sellers Acts & Ordinances of Eastland Company Introd. p. lii Although the chief, cloth, was by no means the only export, a large trade was done in skinnery. 2. A place in which skins are held, treated, or prepared for sale; the workshop or premises of a skinner. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with skins or hides > [noun] skinnery?c1475 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 93v A Skynnery, pelliparium. 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 146 A lb' of threde delivered into the Skynnery for skynners to wirk with. 1760 Mem. for Nicol Brown 9 He knows no other Way that Nicol Brown disposed of the Money that he got for his Skinnery, Houses, &c. that he had by his Father. 1827 E. Mackenzie Descr. & Hist. Acct. Newcastle II. 716 There are some extensive tan-yards and skinneries in Newcastle. 1883 J. Martine Reminisc. Royal Burgh Haddington 84 There was long ago a tannery and skinnery at its termination. 1941 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 26 Apr. 4/2 Last year more than 250,000 jack rabbits were killed in drives and treated in the skinnery. 2003 F. Gunzer et al. in D. Philpott & F. Ebel E. Coli xxiv. 323 Sterile carcasses have to be processed by a skinnery. 3. The occupation, craft, or trade of a skinner; skinning. rare. ΚΠ 1731 P. Shaw Three Ess. Artific. Philos. i. 23 Skinnery. The best ways of preparing and preserving the skins of beasts and birds. 1957 Cambr. Hist. Jrnl. 13 129 The Skinners had a charter which enabled them to regulate the trade of skinnery by giving them power to confiscate bad skins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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