verb trans
to convert (animal skin) into leather by treatment with e.g. an infusion of tannin-rich bark, chromium salts, or fish oil
to make (skin) take on a light-brown colour, esp by exposure to the sun
to get tanned
to make (skin) take on a light-brown colour, esp by exposure to the sun
informal to thrash or beat (somebody)
to get or become tanned
tan somebody's hide/tan the hide off somebody
informal to beat somebody severely; to thrash them
tannable adj
tanner noun
tanning noun
[Middle English tannen via early French tanner from medieval Latin tannare, from tanum, tannum tanbark]