noun
- the business or trade of preparing animal skins and hides by removing wool or hair
Usage: specialized trade term
Examples
- The old fellmongering business had been in the family for three generations.
- Fellmongering requires specialized knowledge of chemical treatments for hides.
- The town’s economy once depended heavily on fellmongering and leather production.
- Modern fellmongering operations use advanced machinery to process animal skins.
- He learned the traditional methods of fellmongering from his grandfather.