Internet Colors - Set of 1035 Tan Color 916 - #D2B48C
Tanbark is the bark of certain species of tree. It is traditionally used for
tanning hides.
The words "tanning," "tan," and "tawny" are derived from the Medieval Latin
tannare, "to convert into leather."
Bark mills are horse- or oxen-driven or water powered edge mills and were
used in earlier times to shred the tanbark to derive tannins for the leather
industry.
A 'barker' was a person who stripped bark from trees to supply bark mills
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Shown is Waterwheel at Combe House Hotel in Holford, Somerset, England. It was used to grind oak bark for the tannery complex established here in the 1840s. In Africa and Australia, acacia (called "wattle") bark is used by tanners | |
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