wet-salting (skin curing)

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Scope note
Curing skins and hides for later processing by stacking them when freshly flayed in piles alternating with layers of salt; the moisture from the skins or hides mixes with the salt to form a brine which penetrates them.
wet-salting
Accepted term: 03-Feb-2025