| 单词 | hardening skin |
| 释义 | > as lemmashardening skin hardening skin n. Hat-making (now historical) a strip of half-tanned leather (with a damp cloth placed beneath it) through which pressure is applied by hand in order to compact the felt that is to be made into the surface of a hat. ΚΠ 1750 Universal Mag. Apr. 146/1 The first thing a Hatter provides, is a set of tools proper for his business, as a large knife..a bow..an hardening skin. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. i. 336/1 The capades thus finished, they go on to harden them into closer and more consistent flakes by pressing down a hardening skin or leather thereon; this done, they are carried to the bason. 1895 J. R. Speck Cloth from Loom of Life 248 A hardening skin and a piece of wet cloth is used for this purpose; and the substance is fashioned and shaped as easily as you would a piece of putty. 2000 P. McKnight Stockport Hatting ii. 23 This would be pressed down, first with a wicker ‘hat basket’, and then with a ‘hardening skin’ of half-tanned leather. < as lemmas |
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