Definition of "tannery" [tan•ner•y]

• An establishment where hides are tanned. (noun)

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• "The latter he manufactured himself, and his tannery was the largest in Croye."
• "The tannery is the latest signal of the digital economy's expansion into Kitchener Centre - a blue-collar riding buffeted by the decline in traditional manufacturing - from its much wealthier neighbour, the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo, home to global tech giant Research In Motion and the University of Waterloo."
• "Certain industrial wastes not amenable to any presently known form of treatment, such as tannery discharges at Petersburg, West"