grainering, vbl. n.
(ˈgreɪnərɪŋ)
[f. grainer1 + -ing1.]
The preparation of hides with a grainer or bate.
| 1857 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 307/1 Tanning is preceded by what is called abating or grainering. 1882 Ibid. XIV. 386/1 The skins are washed in the dash wheel, and under⁓go a process of bating or grainering. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 153 The operation of immersing hides and skins intended for the manufacture of pliable leathers, in an alkaline solution consisting of the dung of chickens, pigeons, dogs, or in bran water..is termed either ‘bating’, ‘abating’, ‘grainering’, ‘reducing’, ‘drenching’, or ‘puring’. |