单词 | tan-vat |
释义 | tan-vatn. The receptacle, a tub, cistern, pit, or the like, containing the ‘ooze’ in which the hides are laid in tanning. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > tan-vat tan-vat1592 tan-tub1600 tan-fat1611 tan-pit1707 vat1777 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. E4v How comes this to passe, by your Tan-fats forsooth. 1615 E. Sharpe Britaines Busse sig. B3 Euery net must be tanned in a Tanfat. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 282 The Monks..were too fine-nosed to dabble in Tan-fatts. 1779 E. Beatty in J. L. Hardenbergh Jrnl. (1879) 65 There was a tanfat farm with several Hides at a tannery which the soldiers got. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Tan Tan-vat. 1895 S. R. Hole Little Tour Amer. 86 Grant tried that [tanning], but found no gold in the tan-vat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1592 |
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