Treating hides or skins with alum to produce a material with the properties of leather as long as the alum is present; differentiated from tanning because the process is reversible by washing.
AAT
3000234598
alum dressing
alum tanning
alum tawing
alum-dressing
dressing, alum
tanning, alum
taw
tawing, alum
13yrs ago
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