green shave

English

Verb

green shave (third-person singular simple present green shaves, present participle green shaving, simple past and past participle green shaved)

1. Alternative form of green-shave
   • 1887, Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain), Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, page 621:

     Machines for unhairing and green shaving hides and skins.

   • 1894, John Daggett, Amelia Daggett Sheffield, A Sketch of the History of Attleborough, page 353:

     In September of that year William Coupe came from Pawtucket to do what is called "green shaving" for Mr. Knowles.

   • 1897, Charles Thomas Davis, The Manufacture of Leather:

     A few tanners "green shave," or flesh out of the lime, and do not flesh out of the water soak at all.

   • 1914, Leather & Shoes - Volume 47, page 24:

     It was very delicate work to clean the flesh side, or green shave it.