skinning vbl n; skinning (machine

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56984

skinning vbl n Then the companies got skinning machines to skin the pelts in place of the men [in 1925]. .The machines were quicker. We had two and they were capable of doing 6,000 to 7,000 pelts a day. First the pelt would go through a band knife on a conveyor and that would take the fat off down to one-quarter inch of the skin. Then it would go through a fleshing which was a cylinder with a rubber roller so it couldn't damage the pelt. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup er? GMS OCT. 2 1987 WK [Add to DNE skinning vnl n 2, as new sub-entry. We can pick up earlier cites easily: we may have excluded from DNE through un- conscious bias towards 'traditional' lexicon; but we can investigate this at le isure] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used Sup skinning knife,skinning loft,skinning table, ~ knife, ~ machine