tan-house
[f. tan v. and n.1 + house.]
1. A building in which tanning is carried on.
| 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 585/7 Frunitorium, a tanhous. 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII, c. 13 §32 Be it enacted..That no Spiritual Person..have..any Manner of Tan-house. 1626 Knaresb. Wills (Surtees) 102 All the barke in the tann house..all the tubbes and seasterans in the tanhouse. 1791–1823 D'Israeli Cur. Lit., Bibliomania, I [Bruyere] as little..care to visit the tan-house, which he calls his library. |
2. [f. tan n.1] A building for storing tan-bark.
| 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Tan-house, a deposit place for tanners' bark. |