Dictionary

tannage en · NOUN

Etymology

From tan + -age.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act, operation, or result of tanning; a tanning.
   • 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. 1954, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 102, page 850:
   • 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.
   • 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.
   • 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! 1845, Robert Browning, “The Flight of the Duchess”, in Tim Cook, editor, The Works of Robert Browning, published 1994, page 340:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of steeping cast slabs of artificial marble in a solution of potash alum to harden it and make it insoluble.

Forms

Deriveds

pretannage · retannage