leather trade
Skin processing industry
The leather trade encompasses the business of processing animal hides into leather and selling the finished material or goods made from it.
Historically, tanneries and leather workers formed distinct guilds and commercial districts.
The term sometimes appears as a euphemism for gay male subculture emphasizing leather clothing and BDSM: He discovered the leather trade in San Francisco in the seventies.
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- finishingBringing to completion
- cobblingFixing or making shoes
- embossingRaising designs from surfaces
- importationBringing goods from overseas
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