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fellmonger /ˈfɛlmʌŋɡə /nounA dealer in hides or skins, particularly sheepskins: this gateway was used by a fellmonger for drying wool...- The Day Fair was another important event for the fellmonger, and for the town itself as a centre of the tanned hides industry.
- It was built c1857 for the brewing family, and until recently was the fellmongers' works.
- There were three other dressers/tanners and a sole fellmonger in Scotland.
verb [with object] AustralianRemove (wool) from a sheepskin: 1,100 bales of wool have been fellmongered on the premises...- Negotiations are continuing on a deal that could see toll processing of pelts and a rationalization of the southern meat processors' fellmongering operation.
- The shoemaking business began as a small side line from fellmongering, woolstapling, and tanning.
- This wool is not recorded as production until fellmongered in Australia.
OriginMid16th century: from fell5 + -monger. |