basiccuring
nounUK /ˌbeɪsɪkˈkjʊərɪŋ/
US /ˌbeɪsɪkˈkjʊrɪŋ/
A simple way to keep food safe by salting or drying it.
The farmer used basiccuring to keep the fish from spoiling.
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2. The first stage of treating a material to make it hard or strong.
Basiccuring of the clay took only a few hours in the sun.
3. A beginner's method of treating leather with salt.
The workshop taught basiccuring before moving on to advanced tanning.
4. An elementary process of preserving rubber before vulcanization.
Basiccuring gives the rubber its initial shape.