skinneryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪnəɹi/

名詞

skinnery

1. (chiefly historical) The workplace of a skinner.
   • 1799, John Fuller, The Hiſtory of Berwick Upon Tweed […] ‎^[1], page 377:

     Formerly a ſkinnery was carried on in Berwick with conſiderable ſucceſs, but nothing of the kind has been attempted in it for ſome time paſt*.

   • 2004 September 21, Erick Pianka; Dennis King, editors, Varanoid Lizards of the World‎^[2], Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 248:

     Average length of 55 individuals measured in a skinnery in the same area was 140 cm (Erdelen et al. 1997).

   • 2014 March 3, Hamish Coghill, Lost Edinburgh: Edinburgh's Lost Architectural Heritage‎^[3], Birlinn, →ISBN, page 152:

     No longer do mills hum by the waterside; no longer does the skinnery and tannery float its stench across the valley; no longer does the playground ring with the cries of school children; and the last shop is gone.