Definition of "unhairing" []

• Removal of hair; depilation (noun)

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• "But the unhairing of the sheep pelts was a different problem."
• "Here again the preparation of the leather took them back to the beamhouse with its familiar processes of liming, unhairing, puering and tanning."
• ""You go to unhairing skins, Olsen," Bryant commanded, putting his hand firmly but kindly on the broad shoulder of the man."