tanning

The art or process of making leather from rawhides.

Darkening of the skin by exposure to the sun.

A beating; a whipping.

The art or process of converting hides and skins into leather; the manufacture of leather.

An appearance or hue of a brown color produced on the skin by the action of the sun.

Same as tannage, 3.

A whipping; a flogging.

The art or process of converting skins into leather. See tan, v. t., 1.

Present participle of tan.

The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.