tanners
Leather-makers by trade
Tanners are people who tan animal hides into leather.
The work involves treating raw skins with chemicals or natural substances to preserve them and make them supple.
Historically, tanneries were relegated to the outskirts of towns because of the noxious smells produced by the process.
In British slang, a tanner was a sixpenny coin, though this usage is obsolete.
Spice shrub, sometimes irritating
- vatLarge liquid container
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- peltFur-bearing animal skin
- cowhideTanned bovine leather
chrome · mimosa · chestnut · alum · salt · lime · acids · oils
Conceal or pelt
- curryingAdding Indian spices
- scuddingMoving swiftly, wind-driven
- splittingDividing into parts
- shavingRemoving hair with blade
curing · stretching · drying · buffing · glazing · finishing · liming · bating
Tanned animal skin
- suedeBuffed leather underside
- nubuckSanded cowhide with nap
- full-grainLeather with intact surface
- top-grainBuffed leather surface layer
aniline · patent · embossed · saddlery · belting · upholstery · parchment · rawhide
Those who finish leather
- saddlersHorse gear makers
- cobblersShoe menders or desserts
- gloversMakers of handwear
- bookbindersPeople who construct volumes
leatherworkers · upholsterers · shoemakers · guild · apprenticeship · journeyman · master · craftsmanship
sumac
Spice shrub, sometimes irritating
cowhide · chrome · mimosa · chestnut · alum · salt · lime · acids · oils · dyes
hide
Conceal or pelt
shaving · curing · stretching · drying · buffing · glazing · finishing · liming · bating · pickling
leather
Tanned animal skin
- suedeBuffed leather underside
- nubuckSanded cowhide with nap
- full-grainLeather with intact surface
top-grain · aniline · patent · embossed · saddlery · belting · upholstery · parchment · rawhide · chamois
curriers
Those who finish leather
bookbinders · leatherworkers · upholsterers · shoemakers · guild · apprenticeship · journeyman · master · craftsmanship · artisan
workbench
Craftsman's heavy-duty surface
apron · gloves · tools · knives · scrapers · hooks · warehouse · yard · workshop · effluent
calluses
Thickened protective skin areas
effort · endurance · dexterity · handiwork · workwear · fatigue · stench · hazardous · blue-collar · strength
- sun loverssunbathers, beach lovers, beach bums, bronzers
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- colonial workersblacksmiths, carpenters, cobblers, coopers, craftsmen
- leathermakerssaddlers, glovers, curriers
- leatherworkleather, carving, saddler, beveling, hides
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
tannerscobblers
Shoe menders or desserts
shoemakers · leatherworkers · saddlers · glovers · ranchers
- tanned hide
- tanned leather
- deeply tanned
- Tanner stagesPuberty development classification system