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UNTANNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does untanned mean? 

UNTANNED (adjective)
  The adjective UNTANNED has 1 sense:

1. not converted to leather by a tanning agentplay

  Familiarity information: UNTANNED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNTANNED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not converted to leather by a tanning agent

Context example:

a whip made of untanned hide

Antonym:

tanned (converted to leather by a tanning agent)


 Context examples 


He was a rough, powerful peasant, with cap and tunic of untanned sheepskin, leather breeches, and galligaskins round legs and feet.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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