leather

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), from Proto-Indo-European *letrom (“leather”). Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”). The Celtic forms (Welsh lledr, Irish lethar) ultimately derive from the Germanic.

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Noun [edit]

leather (countable and uncountable; plural leathers)

  1. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
  2. A piece of the above used for polishing.
  3. (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
  4. (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
  5. (baseball) A good defensive play
    Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
  6. (dated, humorous) The skin.

Hyponyms [edit]

(types of leather): chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskin

Translations [edit]

material produced by tanning animal skin
piece of leather used for polishing
colloquial: cricket ball or football
leather clothing
baseball: good defensive play

Adjective [edit]

leather (not generally comparable; )

  1. Made of leather.
  2. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.

Translations [edit]

made of leather

Verb [edit]

leather (third-person singular simple present leathers, present participle leathering, simple past and past participle leathered)

  1. To cover with leather.
  2. To strike forcefully.
    He leathered the ball all the way down the street.

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb leather

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