tannery

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/ˈtænəɹi/

noun

A place where people tan hides to make leather.

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tanhouse
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Meanings

nountannery (countable and uncountable, plural tanneries)

plural tanneries

  1. countableuncountableA place where people tan hides to make leather.

    The River Avon divides the village in two, and at its centre is a tannery, built in 1918 and still in use, with its frontage on the river bank.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 155, about Downton, Wilts

    Synonyms: tanhouse

  2. uncountableThe business of a tanner.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA place where people tan hides to make leather.

Similar
tanhouse

Origin

From tan + -ery; compare Old French tannerie.

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Translations

Bulgarian дъбилня, дъбене
  • дъбилня (dăbilnja)place where people tan hides to make leather
  • дъбене (dăbene)business of a tanner
  • щавене (štavene)business of a tanner
Catalan adoberia, adoberia
  • adoberiaplace where people tan hides to make leather
  • adoberiabusiness of a tanner
Czech koželužna
  • koželužnaplace where people tan hides to make leather
Finnish parkitsimo
  • parkitsimoplace where people tan hides to make leather
French tannerie, mégisserie
  • tannerieplace where people tan hides to make leather
  • mégisserieplace where people tan hides to make leather
German Gerberei
  • Gerbereiplace where people tan hides to make leather
Hungarian cserzőműhely
  • cserzőműhelyplace where people tan hides to make leather
Irish tonnús
  • tonnúsplace where people tan hides to make leather
Persian دباغ خانه, دباغی
  • دباغ خانه (dabbâġ-xâne)place where people tan hides to make leather
  • دباغی (dabbâġi)business of a tanner
Polish garbarnia, garbarstwo
  • garbarniaplace where people tan hides to make leather
  • garbarstwobusiness of a tanner
Portuguese curtume
  • curtumeplace where people tan hides to make leather
Russian дуби́льня
  • дуби́льня (dubílʹnja)place where people tan hides to make leather
Spanish curtiduría, tenería
  • curtiduríaplace where people tan hides to make leather
  • teneríaplace where people tan hides to make leather
Turkish tabakhane
  • tabakhaneplace where people tan hides to make leather
Yiddish גאַרבערײַ
  • גאַרבערײַ (garberay)place where people tan hides to make leather
Cite this entry
APA

tannery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tannery

MLA

“tannery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tannery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tannery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tannery.

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