BLACK LEATHER is that which, having passed through the hands of the carrier, after being scored and rubbed three times on the grain side with copperas-water, acquires a black colour, instead of the russet, as left by the tanners.—See Leather.
Edition of 1802.
BLACK LEATHER is that which, having passed through the hands of the carrier, after being scored and rubbed three times on the grain side with copperas-water, acquires a black colour, instead of the russet, as left by the tanners.—See Leather.