单词 | tannage |
释义 | tannagen. 1. a. The art or process of tanning; also concrete the produce of tanning. (With quot. 1891 at tan v. 1c.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > converting to leather tawing1408 barkingc1440 tewc1440 tanneryc1460 tanning1481 tannage1662 bark-tanning1707 leach1779 sumaching1792 chrome-tanning1882 stocking1883 sumac tanning1932 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > tanned leather tannage1778 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 42 They are as yet unacquainted with Tannage. 1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 68 128 The leather..is of a superior quality to that of the old tannage. 18.. Marble-Worker §129 (Cent. D.) The most important operation in the composition of artificial Marbles is that of tannage, without which it would be impossible for the cabinet maker to scrape and polish the material. 1893 Times 13 Dec. 3/5 Up-country tannages had a fair market throughout... Bombay tannages were in fair request at about last sales prices. 1901 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 3/7 The sterling quality of English sole leather—good, honest, oak-bark tannage—has passed into a proverb. b. transferred. The tanning or sunburning of the skin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [noun] tanning1598 sunburntness1692 tawn1744 tan1749 sunniness1753 suntan1809 tannage1845 snow-tan1901 sea-tan1902 perma-tan1984 1845 R. Browning Flight of Duchess in Hood's Mag. Apr. 315 They should have got his cheek fresh tannage. 2. A tannery. Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with skins or hides > [noun] > tannery tan-house1529 tan-mill1604 tan-yard1711 tannery1736 tannage1799 tan-work1822 tawery1830 1799–1812 [A tannery known as ‘the Tannage’ existed in Hawick in the lane still called Tannage Close]. 1839 D. D. Black Hist. Brechin ix. 185 A piece of ground formerly occupied as a corn-yard and tannage was purchased. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662 |
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