leatheredadj.
/ˈlɛðəd/, U.S. /ˈlɛðərd/ a. Covered, †loaded or provided with leather, or leathers. Of a servant: Wearing ‘leathers’.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > covered or provided with leather
leathereda1250
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing trousers > wearing breeches > types of
slopped1601
trunk-hoseda1625
puff-bagged1653
leathered1837
galligaskined1854
knickerbockered1869
knickered1897
trunked1904
plus-foured1925
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 191 Ne ne beate ou þer mide. ne mid schurge i leðered ne i leaded.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 85v Iche shalke hade a shild shapyn of tre Wele leddrit o lofte.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie vi. i. 256 He beareth..a Spurre with the Rowell downwards, Leathered.
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. (Gloss) 224 Imperial, a leathered case which is placed occasionally on the roof of the body, for the purpose of carrying cloaths.
1837 T. Hook Jack Brag II. iii. 108 A strapping livery servant, jacketed, topped, and leathered for travelling.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vii. 195 Oars of spruce, balanced, leathered, and ringed under your own special direction.
b. Made into, or like, leather.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > made like leather
leathered1797
1797 in G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods (1887) II. 435 By walking it [seal-skin] becomes leathered and soft to the foot.
1869 S. Bowles Our New West 444 If you bring a liver not entirely leathered and lungs not over half consumed.
1970 L. Jeffers My Blackness is Beauty of this Land 9 His face was leathered, lean, and strong, Gashed with struggle scars.
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