Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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wringing

The process of removing the bulk of water from wet leather by passing it through a wringing machine, which consists essentially of two large. felt-covered rollers. Wringing generally follows tannage and precedes fatliquoring. Cf: PRESSING ; SETTING OUT . (363 )




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