stemmery

English

Etymology

stem +‎ -ery

Noun

stemmery (plural stemmeries)

1. (US) A building in which tobacco is stemmed.
   • 1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 3, page 68:

     Good progress is being made with the arrangements for the establishment of a stemmery for tobacco-leaf at Wangaratta, and the Government expert, Mr.. A. J. Bondurant, expects that he will be able to commence the work of stemming shortly after the new year.

References

• “stemmery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.