# carroting

Pronunciation: say "KAR-uh-ting" /ˈkæɹətɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A stage in felt manufacture in which animal pelts are treated with a solution of mercury salts, such as mercuric nitrate, to prepare the fur for matting.
   - Simple: A step in hat-making where animal fur is brushed with a mercury liquid to get it ready for felt.
   - _After carroting, the brittle pelts were dried and shaved for the felt-makers._
   - _The carroting bench sat in a poorly ventilated back room._

## Origin

Formed from carrot and the suffix -ing, referring to the orange color of the drying fur.

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