| 单词 | defeathering tank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdefeathering tank 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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