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Definition of 'leather'Noun
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
A piece of the above used for polishing.
(colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
(plural : leathers ) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
(baseball) A good defensive play
- Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
(dated|humorous) The skin.
Hyponyms
(types of leather) chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskin
Derived terms
*stirrup leather : the strap which hangs the stirrup from the saddle.
Adjective
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Made of leather.
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Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
Verb
( en-verb)
To cover with leather.
To strike forcefully.
- He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
Derived terms
* hell-for-leather
* leatherback
* leatherette
* leatherhead
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* leatherjacket
* leather jacket
* leather-lunged
* leathern
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* leathery
* wash-leather
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Similar to 'leather'letter, leader, lauder, litter, lather, lither, ladder, latter, luthier, loiter, louder, looter, loader, loather, lieder, lauter, lewder, lother
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