'Tan pickle' definitions:
Definition of 'Tan pickle'
From: GCIDE
- Tan \Tan\, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir, oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. Tawny.]
- 1. The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan. [1913 Webster]
- Tan bed (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.
- Tan pickle, the liquor used in tanning leather.
- Tan spud, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.
- Tan stove. See Bark stove, under Bark.
- Tan vat, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan. [1913 Webster]