Meaning of tannage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act, operation, or result of tanning; a tanning.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of steeping cast slabs of artificial marble in a solution of potash alum to harden it and make it insoluble.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“They should have got his cheek fresh tannage / Such a day as to-day in the merry sunshine! / Had they stuck on his fist a rough-foot merlin!”

“1938, US Depoartment of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin, Issues 551-575, page 36, After the layer tannage was completed, the crops and bellies from the 44 hides were reassembled and handled as a unit in each subsequent process until finished.”

“With the exception of spruce bark, which cannot be considered to be a typical tannin, all the tannins give degrees of tannage in the neighbourhood of 50.”

“2009, National Institute of Industrial Research Board Of Consultants & Engineers, Leather Processing & Tanning Technology Handbook, India, page 37, The possible combined tannages are numerous but are, in general, limited to the light leathers. Combination tannages are very ancient.”

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