α. 1500s whitawinge, 1500s 1900s– whittawing.
β. 1600s 1800s whitetawing.
单词 | whittawing |
释义 | whittawingn.α. 1500s whitawinge, 1500s 1900s– whittawing. β. 1600s 1800s whitetawing. The action or practice of treating hide to make whitleather. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > other preparation processes whittawing1566 liming1688 staking1852 grainering1857 bate1875 buffinga1884 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making saddleryc1449 whittawing1566 saddle-making1747 1566 in J. C. Cox Rec. Borough Northampton (1898) II. 297 Anie person or persons of this occupation using the arte of tannying of lether or [printed on] whittawing. 1580 J. Kitchin Court Leete, et Baron f. 13 Auxi si ascun per ascun voie corrupt les common ewes per whitawinge per lyme ou per line. 1641 R. Powell Treat. Antiq. Courts of Leet 81 If the common Rivers be corrupted and annoyed by whitetawing, lime, or such like. 1898 C. T. C. Salter tr. F. Lafar Techn. Mycol. I. xxvii. 267 For the actual tanning..there are..three different systems available, viz., alum- or white-tawing; oil-tawing, or shamoying; and bark-tanning. 1970 K. Hoffmann Year 1200 (exhib. catal., Met. Mus. Art, N.Y.) 310/1 Whittawing, curing in a bath with lime, alum, and salt, which produced a skin with a suede finish, off-white or cream-colored. 2007 G. Greer Shakespeare's Wife (2009) ii. 32 Whittawing and glove-making was a smelly, messy business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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