Definitions for "Bating"
Process usually preformed at the same time as deliming, used to impart softness, stretch, and flexibility to the leather.
Removal of residual unhairing chemicals and non-leather making substances.; Enzyme treatment to clean inside of skin and help give soft leather
The process prior to tanning proper where the fibres of a hide or skin which have been plumped or swollen by liming are reduced and softened, thus assuring pliability in the product. The word is a form of "abate" in the sense of reduce.
Keywords:  jumps, bird, fist, off, manned
When a manned bird jumps off the fist.
Keywords:  excepting
With the exception of; excepting.