dehairer
English
Etymology
de- + hair + -er
Noun
dehairer (plural dehairers)
- Something or someone that removes hair.
- 1935, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office:
- In a carcass dehairing machine, the combination of a pivoted grate provided with openings, a rotary dehairer comprising scraping arms operable through said openings to scrape the carcass in said grate, means whereby to tilt said grate away from said rotary dehairer to discharge the carcass, and a shield for said rotary dehairer moovable about said rotar dehairer toward said grate between said grate and said rotary dehairer.
- 1937, Food Engineering - Volume 9, page 636:
- Commercial lactic acid, however, goes largely to certain branches of the leather-tanning industry as a dehairer and decalcifier of hides.
- 2013, Pat and Jack Stewart, Nothing Good Happens After Midnight, page 74:
- I was not thinking of apartment rent, television cost, or new furniture when I heard that motor start up with me in the dehairer.
- 2015, Judith Mackenzie, The Practical Spinner's Guide - Rare Luxury Fibers:
- The recent development of small dehairers has made a huge difference to cottage-industry fiber development.
Anagrams
- deer-hair, rehaired