Tan-house

[f. TAN v. and sb.¹ + HOUSE.]

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1. A building in which tanning is carried on.

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14[?]. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 585/7. Frunitorium, a tanhous.

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1529. Act 21 Hen. VIII., c. 13 § 32. Be it enacted … That no Spiritual Person … have … any Manner of Tan-house.

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1626. Knaresb. Wills (Surtees), 102. All the barke in the tann house … all the tubbes and seasterans in the tanhouse.

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1791–1823. D’Israeli, Cur. Lit., Bibliomania. I [Bruyere] as little … care to visit the tan-house, which he calls his library.

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2. [f. TAN sb.¹] A building for storing tan-bark.

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1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Tan-house, a deposit place for tanners’ bark.

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