vbl. sb. Tanning. [f. UNHAIR v. 1 b.] The process of removing the hair from skins. Also attrib.
1842. Penny Mag., 23 May, 212/1. The operations of ‘fleshing,’ of ‘unhairing’ and of ‘graining’ are … nearly alike in their general appearance.
1851–4. Tomlinson, Arts & Manuf., II. 30/1. A curved two-handled iron scraper, called the unhairing knife.
1897. C. T. Davis, Manuf. Leather (ed. 2), 331. The goat-skins … then go on to the unhairing machine … or to the unhairing beams.
