撓いためる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

to treat leather or sharkskin with glue and pound until hard

Specialized craft term for stiffening leather or sharkskin by applying glue and pounding. Rarely used outside traditional leatherworking contexts.

• 職しょく人にんが鮫さめ皮がわを撓いためて、刀かたなの柄つかに巻まき付つけた。

  The craftsman treated the sharkskin with glue and pounded it hard, then wrapped it around the sword hilt.

• この工こう房ぼうでは、伝でん統とう的てきな方ほう法ほうで革かわを撓いためている。

  In this workshop, they treat leather using traditional methods, applying glue and pounding it until hard.