Meaning of tanstuff | Babel Free

Definitions

Material that can be used for tanning (the process of making leather).

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Knapp is of the opinion that the tanning process is only due to the coating of the hide fibres with the tanstuff, be this a tannin, a basic salt or an oil.”

“Next morning the hides are taken out and the strength of the liquor is increased by 2°BK. by adding some ground tanstuff or some stronger liquor to it and the hides handled in the stronger liquor again as on the first day and left in it overnight.”

“Canaigre is one of the few tanstuffs that seems to be well adapted to mechanised agriculture, should it become an economic crop.”

CEFR level