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GREEN HIDE [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leather Industry
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

[A] rough, untanned leather with a grainy surface, made from the hide of various animals and often dyed green.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du cuir
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Espèce de cuir grenu, préparé avec la peau de la croupe du mulet, de l'âne ou du cheval et utilisé en reliure et en marquinerie de luxe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria del cuero
  • Elaboración, plegadura y encuadernación (Imprenta)
DEF

Piel labrada de modo que la flor forme grano como el de la lija.

CONT

También se aprovecha del tiburón la piel [...] El primer producto preparado con la piel de estos peces fue el chagrín, un cuero que por los dentículos se usaba para raspar y pulir.

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Record 2 2003-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Preparation of Leather and Leather Articles
DEF

green salting : The practice of "curing" wherein solid salt is spread over the flesh side of the freshly flayed hide and the natural process of solution and diffusion is allowed to proceed.

CONT

Hides and skins have to be transported over distances up to several thousand miles from the slaughterhouse or meat-packing plant to the tannery. Therefore steps have to be taken to cure, or preserve, them as a protection against bacterial attack. The usual methods are salting or drying. Salting is the general practice in temperate climates, and drying in tropical or sub-tropical countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des cuirs et des objets en cuir
DEF

Méthode utilisée pour conserver la peau durant la période qui s'écoule entre l'abattage de l'animal et la mise en fabrication à la tannerie. [...] les peaux sont pesées au moment du dépeçage [...] Elles sont ensuite étalées à plat, côté chair en dessus, et saupoudrées de sel dénaturé à la naphtaline.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación del cuero y artículos de cuero
CONT

La salazón de las pieles se efectúa en los mataderos, una vez pesadas, con el objeto de permitir su conservación durante el transporte y el almacenamiento hasta que se proceda a su curtición.

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