| 释义 |
neat's leather
[f. neat n.]
Leather made of the hides of neat cattle.
1530Palsgr. 248/1 Neates ledder, cordovayn. 1558Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. (1568) 88 If you wil die Nettes leather or Spanishe skinnes. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. i. i. 29 As proper men as euer trod vpon Neats Leather. 1664Butler Hud. ii. i. 224 Some have been..kicked until they can feel whether A Shoe be Spanish or Neat's Leather. 1794W. Felton Carriages (1801) I. 215 The best leather is the Ox hide, called Neat's leather. 1821Scott Kenilw. viii, Exchanging a sheath of neat's leather for one of flesh and blood.
attrib.1675Hobbes Odyssey (1677) 113 A tough and strong neats-leather sack. 1701Lond. Gaz. No. 3694/4 A strong Neats-leather Saddle and Bridle. |