tannery

English

Etymology

From tan +‎ -ery; compare Old French tannerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtænəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

tannery (countable and uncountable, plural tanneries)

1. A place where people tan hides to make leather.

   Synonym: tanhouse

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 155, about Downton, Wilts:

     The River Avon divides the village in two, and at its centre is a tannery, built in 1918 and still in use, with its frontage on the river bank.

2. (uncountable) The business of a tanner.

Related terms

• tanner
• tan

Translations

place where people tan hides to make leather

• Armenian: դաբաղանոց (hy) (dabaġanocʻ)
• Catalan: adoberia (ca) f
• Czech: koželužna f
• Finnish: parkitsimo
• French: tannerie (fr) f, mégisserie (fr) f
• Galician: curtidoiro m, pelamio m
• German: Gerberei (de) f
• Hungarian: cserzőműhely (hu)
• Irish: tonnús m
• Persian: دباغ خانه (dabbâğ-xâne)
• Plautdietsch: Joawarie f
• Polish: garbarnia f
• Portuguese: curtume (pt)
• Russian: дуби́льня (ru) f (dubílʹnja)
• Spanish: curtiduría (es), tenería f
• Yiddish: גאַרבערײַ f (garberay)

business of a tanner

• Catalan: adoberia (ca) f
• Persian: دباغی (fa) (dabbâği)
• Polish: garbarstwo (pl) n