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tannery Definition

tan·nery (tanər ē)

noun pl. -·ner·ies

a place where hides are tanned

tannery Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: By the 1820s Dumfries had nine tanneries, about a third of the total number in Galloway.
  • become: Embsay for instance had several cotton mills one of which became a large tannery in the early 20th century.
  • establish: In addition to local supplies, cargoes were imported from foreign countries for the tanneries then established in the town.
  • build: He found Neckinger Mills, which was a tannery built in the 1860s, and bought the freehold.
  • base: Pittards is a large leather tannery based in Leeds.
  • include: Dating back to 1706, itâs been everything, including a tannery.

Adjective modifier

  • former: The following morning I gave orders to return, and entered in the American River, landed at the former tannery.
  • large: Embsay for instance had several cotton mills one of which became a large tannery in the early 20th century.
  • several: Below it on the river there are several tanneries which fill the whole neighborhood with the stench of animal putrefaction.
  • old: William Church the founder, purchased the old tannery in the High St with a mortgage of £ 400.
  • small: Leon is in the state of Guanajuato, center of the Mexican Leather industry and has 100 small tanneries in the area.
  • own: Again, large meat works often have their own tannery.

Modifies a noun

  • worker: But our best day by far was with the director of a project among child tannery workers in Chennai.
  • building: Island Green Retail Park was formerly 11.25 acres of derelict buildings and land, formerly the old brewery and tannery buildings and railroad sidings.
  • business: Richard was a cousin who ran a tannery business at Potterton.

Noun used with modifier

  • leather: Pittards is a large leather tannery based in Leeds.
  • century: Of particular interest is the discovery of the 17th century workhouse, the Oracle, and a 16th century tannery.

Possessives

  • town: He owns and runs the town's tannery and lives in another of the Town Houses.

Preposition: in

  • town: There used to be a tannery in the town, which made the place stink of rotting cowhide.
  • century: Embsay for instance had several cotton mills one of which became a large tannery in the early 20th century.

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