单词	cooperage
释义	cooperage /ˈkuːp(ə)rɪdʒ / noun 1A cooper’s business or premises.As not every tree in an auction lot can be used for staves, French cooperages usually work with wood brokers who have other customers.... Canadian distilleries had their own cooperages and offered their clients money in return for the barrels. Heading down a different trail, I passed by an old cooperage and other lime production ruins before making it back to the car at about 2.30 pm. 1.1 [mass noun] The making of barrels and casks: cooperage is a forgotten art... Barrel making, known as cooperage, is an art form that is practiced by a small handful of craftsman around the world, which is surprising considering how vital it is to the wine and spirit markets. We're even running out of traditional cooperage skills to ‘raise up’ the barrels imported from American whiskey and Spanish sherry production. By 1865 the mill had expanded to carry out lead refining, ‘white’ and ‘red’ lead production, paint grinding and cooperage.
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