1) Bleaching vat 2) Dye vat 3) Dying vat 4) German actor-director Udo 5) Large bleaching vat 6) Large vat 7) Large vat for bleaching cloth 8) Textile vat 9) Tub for bleaching 10) Udo in Zentropa Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/kier
[industrial] A kier or keeve (or similar spellings) is a large circular boiler or vat used in bleaching or scouring cotton fabric. They were also used for processing paper pulp. In use they were continuously rotated by an engine, steam being supplied through a rotating joint in the axle. They were usually spherical, sometimes cylindrical, a... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kier_(industrial)
Kier noun [ Icelandic ker a tub.] (Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/8