verb
- present participle of tallow; coating or treating with tallow (hard fat from cattle or sheep)
Usage: technical
Examples
- The craftsman was tallowing the leather to make it waterproof.
- Tallowing the rope helped preserve it against the elements.
- The process of tallowing candles required heating the fat carefully.
- Workers were tallowing the ship’s rigging to prevent rot.
- She spent the morning tallowing the harness straps.