stemmery
(ˈstɛmərɪ)
[f. prec.: see -ery.]
(See quot. 1859.)
| 1859 Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 450 Stemmery, a large building in which tobacco is stemmed, that is, in which the thin part of the leaf is stripped from the fibrous veins that run through it. 1897 Killebrew & Myrick Tobacco Leaf 283 The work in the stemmeries goes on from November..until June. |