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单词 centre split
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centre split
centre split n. Obsolete (in leather production) the middle layer of a skin split into three layers (cf. split n.1 2c), used to make cheap, poor-quality footwear.
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1886 Daily News 15 Oct. 5/6 The lowest quality of men's boots..are made of ‘centre splits’. Good, honest hides..are skilfully split into three skins, and the centre one, having no grain, and being of a soft, flimsy substance, is nevertheless capable of being made to assume the guise of serviceable leather.
1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 787/2 The uppers are made of what are known as ‘centre splits’, and the soles are an artificial compound of leather waste. The ‘centre splits’ are very ingenious forms of shoddy.
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