unˈhairing, vbl. n. Tanning.
[f. unhair v. 1 b.]
The process of removing the hair from skins. Also attrib.
| 1842 Penny Mag. 28 May 212/1 The operations of ‘fleshing’, of ‘unhairing’ and of ‘graining’ are..nearly alike in their general appearance. 1851–4 Tomlinson Arts & Manuf. II. 30/1 A curved two-handled iron scraper, called the unhairing knife. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 331 The goat-skins..then go on to the unhairing machine..or to the unhairing beams. |