Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
4. [processes and techniques by specific type]
5. separating

Anotations

Scope note:

Generally, the process of separating an object or material from end to end into two or more layers. In the context of leather manufacture, use specifically for the process of dividing a hide or skin horizontally into two or more layers, a practice originating with the introduction of the splitting machine in the mid-19th century, performed either after the hide or skin has been fully or partially limed, or after tanning. The resulting layers are termed "splits."