| 单词 | defeathering machine | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasdefeathering machine  a.  literal. The action or process of removing feathers, esp. from the carcass of a poultry bird in preparation for cooking, typically by mechanical means. Also: an instance of this. Frequently attributive, as  defeathering machine,  defeathering tank, etc. ΚΠ 1898    Rep. Commissioner Agric. & Dairying Canada 1897  viii. 20  				The bird is killed instantly. It may work convulsively for some time, but that should not stay the de-feathering, which must be proceeded with at once. 1945    Sci. News Let. 6 Jan. 16/1  				Defeathering compound to remove pinfeathers from plucked chickens is available in an improved form. 1946    Amarillo 		(Texas)	 Sunday News-Globe 29 Sept. 8/2  				A new poultry ‘de-feathering’ machine will take the feathers off 5,000 chickens, turkeys, ducks or geese in one hour. 1968    W. P. Blount Intensive Livestock Farming xxxvi. 536  				From a poultry processor's point of view it is important that birds enter the dip tank within about 140–160 seconds, otherwise defeathering is affected adversely. 2001    Lockhart 		(Texas)	 Post-Register 25 Jan. 2 b/2  				As soon as Mom caught that rascal he suffered from a neck wringing, then a scalding, a defeathering,..and eventually made it to the large pot of boiling water. 2010    N.Y. Times 		(Nexis)	 31 Oct.  				With controlled-atmosphere killing,..they're [sc. chickens] never scalded to death in defeathering tanks. < as lemmas  | 
	
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