tannour

English

Noun

tannour (plural tannours)

A primitive clay oven used in the Arab World.

Alternative forms

tannur

Old French

Alternative forms

tannur (Anglo-Norman)
taneour

Etymology

tanner +‎ -our.

Noun

tannour oblique singular, m (oblique plural tannours, nominative singular taneres, nominative plural tannour)

(Anglo-Norman) tanner (one who tans i.e. makes leather out of hide)

Descendants

English: tanner (in part; also from English tan + -er)
French: tanneur

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tanneur, supplement)

tannur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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