1. to remove hair from (a hide or skin) in preparation for tanning
Usage: technical; leather processing

Examples

• The tanner must unhair the cowhide before beginning the tanning process.
• Workers unhair the pelts using lime solutions.
• The first step is to unhair the raw skin completely.
• Traditional methods to unhair hides involved soaking them in alkaline baths.
• Modern tanneries use enzymes to unhair animal skins efficiently.