tannery
(ˈtænərɪ)
[f. tanner1 + -y: see -ery. Cf. F. tannerie (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. A place where tanning is carried on.
| [1396–1401 Rolls of Parlt. I. 228/2 Coreum, cortices et utensilia in tanneria sua.] 1736 J. M'Ure View Glasgow 285 There is a stately Brewarie..adjacent to the above great Tannarie. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 437/1 The tanneries of Marocco. 1856 Stanley Sinai & Pal. vi. 269 A tradition..describes the premises to have been long employed as a tannery. |
| attrib. 1852 W. Hanna Chalmers IV. xxi. 401 Never was the true work of school and church done better than in that old tannery-loft. |
2. The process or trade of tanning; tannage.
| 14.. Beryn 3237 And I shall tech hym, as I can,..Tyll it be abill of prentyse to crafft of tan[e]ry. 1732 Rec. Convent. Roy. Burghs V. 529 A propper clause in the tannage bill for saving the rights of the cordiners of..royal burghs as to their priviledge of tannery. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. v. vii, Gun-boring, Altar-burning, Saltpetre-digging, and miraculous improvements in Tannery! |
| attrib. 1887 Pall Mall G. 12 Sept. 8/2 A great fire broke out..in the extensive tannery works. |