1. to remove hair from (a hide or skin), especially in leather or fur processing
Usage: technical; transitive

Examples

• The tannery uses chemicals to dehair the hides before processing them into leather.
• Workers must dehair the pelts carefully to preserve the quality of the fur.
• The first step in leather production is to dehair and clean the animal skins.
• Modern facilities dehair hides using both mechanical and chemical methods.