[1655–65; tan + -age]This word is first recorded in the period 1655–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: flip-flop, mechanism, minimum, organism, risk-age is a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech,occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of”(seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage)
Examples of 'tannage' in a sentence
tannage
A vegetable- aluminum combination tannage has been studied, with special attention being given to intended final product.
MAHDI, HAROUN, PALMINA, K., GURSHI, A., A.COVINGTON, D. 2009, 'POTENTIAL OF VEGETABLE TANNING MATERIALS AND BASIC ALUMINUM SULPHATE IN SUDANESE LEATHERINDUSTRY', Journal of Engineering Science and Technologyhttp://jestec.taylors.edu.my/Vol%204%20Issue%201%20March%2009/Vol_4_1_20-31_Mahdi%20Haroun.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)