tanned
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5.1
- adjective
- /tænd/
- Specialized
:
curtido
- The Comanches and Utes brought items similar to those traditionally traded by the Apaches, including buffalo robes, tanned deerskins, tallow, and dried meat.
- tanned hide
- tanned leather
- tanned skin
Examples
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The covering was soft-tanned hide made hard by the years.
Academic text (1991) -
Why, sir, his hide is so tanned with his trade, it will keep out water a great while.
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The tanned breeches were harder to destroy; these he simply flung into the brush.
Fiction book (1992) -
"You get 'em?" asked the boatman, a darkly tanned old man with a permanent squint.
Blog text (34) -
He motioned me to the workbench and set a piece of tanned goatskin before me.
Fiction book (1993) -
Women fashioned clothing, blankets, shoes, and a variety of personal ornaments and decorations from tanned deerskins and other hides and furs.
Academic text (1990) -
The artisan displayed a collection of beautifully tanned leather bags in his shop.
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She bought a tanned hide to make a new pair of shoes for herself.
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The tanned leather used in the jacket was both durable and stylish.
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Etymology
Tanned comes from the old craft tanning, where people used tree bark and a substance called tannin to turn animal skins into 'leather'. So tanned leather is skin that has been treated to become strong and long-lasting.