Definition of "skinnery"

Formerly a ſkinnery was carried on in Berwick with conſiderable ſucceſs, but nothing of the kind has been attempted in it for ſome time paſt*.

1799, John Fuller, The Hiſtory of Berwick Upon Tweed […] ‎, page 377

Average length of 55 individuals measured in a skinnery in the same area was 140 cm (Erdelen et al. 1997).

2004 September 21, Erick Pianka, Dennis King, editors, Varanoid Lizards of the World‎, Indiana University Press, page 248

No longer do mills hum by the waterside; no longer does the skinnery and tannery float its stench across the valley; no longer does the playground ring with the cries of school children; and the last shop is gone.

2014 March 3, Hamish Coghill, Lost Edinburgh: Edinburgh's Lost Architectural Heritage‎, Birlinn, page 152