leatherine

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English

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Etymology

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From leather +‎ -ine.

Noun

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leatherine (countable and uncountable, plural leatherines)

  1. (historical) A kind of imitation leather.
    Hypernym: pseudoleather
    Coordinate term: see pseudoleather § Hyponyms
    • 1891, Angling Papers, page 76:
      [] leather covers, cloth lined, one pocket in cover, parchment leaves, bound with leatherine, two paper pockets, holds two dozen Flies []