leathernadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɛðn/, U.S.

/ˈlɛðərn/

Forms: Old English leðer(e)n, leðren, Middle English lether(e)ne, letherin, Middle English leddering, 1500s leth(e)ren, lethrin, letheryn, Scottish ledderane, ledderyn, leddren, lethrone, leathering, 1500s–1600s leatherne, 1600s leathren, lethern, 1500s– leathern.

Etymology: Old English leðeren , < leðer leather n. + -en suffix¹; compare Dutch lederen, German ledern. The earlier Old English form was liðerin, liðrin = Old Saxon litharin (gloss), Old High German lidrîn.

a. Consisting or made of leather. leathern convenience, leathern conveniency: a circumlocution for a coach, originally imputed to the Quakers; hence in jocular use.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > made of leather

leathernc1000

riempie1910

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach

coach1556

coach-carriage1688

quitcha1693

leathern convenience1699

coach-wagona1720

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 123/30 Scortia, leþren fæt.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 179/6 Scortius leðern.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 110 Lyk a letherne pors lullede his chekes.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xiii. 59 This is the lawe of the lepre..of all letherin purtenaunce.

1488 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 12 Item in a leddering purs...tuelf score & xvi salutis.

1521 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 74 Item payde for a letheryn baag to ber y^e keys—iiii^d.

1546 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 234 Ane ledderane coit worth tua crovnis of the sone.

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 372 A cott of kelt Weill beltit in ane lethrone belt.

1637 J. Milton Comus 22 He..Would..In requitall ope his leather'n scrip.

1683 Britanniæ Speculum 14 The poorest of them were good Leathern Shooes.

1699 E. Ward London Spy I. vii. 3 Our Leathern-Conveniency being bound in the Braces to its Good-Behaviour, had no more Sway than a Funeral Hers.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Leathern Convenience (by the Quakers), a Coach.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 322 Men with leathern Buckets, do quench Fire in a Town.

1796 W. Combe Hist. Thames II. 123 Robert Scot, the inventor of leathern artillery.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. vii. 170 At the duly appointed hour, creaked forth the leathern convenience.

1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 120 The Crow camp..was composed of leathern tents.

1861 J. Y. Simpson Archæol. 56 Human bodies..covered with the leathern and other dresses in which they died.

b. Used with reference to the skin of the living animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > relating to skin

leatherna1325

a1325 Names of Hare in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 134 The hert with the letherene hornes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 37 Such groanes That their discharge did stretch his leatherne coat Almost to bursting.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 162 The horses distend their leathern sides with water.

c. Skin-clad.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective]

nakedOE

bareOE

start nakedc1225

nakec1300

unarrayedc1380

clothelessc1386

mother-nakedc1390

stark nakedc1390

bareda1400

naked as a needlec1400

unattiredc1400

uncladc1400

uncoveredc1400

loose1423

unclothedc1440

belly-nakeda1500

naked as one's nail1563

unabuilyeit1568

sindonlessc1595

leathern1596

disarrayed1611

undressed1613

debaredc1620

unapparelled1622

unaccoutred?1750

stark1762

disrobed1794

ungarmented1798

undraped1814

au naturel1828

nude1830

skyclad1832

garbless1838

kitless1846

spar-naked1849

raimentless1852

undoffed1854

togless1857

garmentless1866

naked as a robin1866

clothesless1868

sky clothed1878

nakedized1885

altogether1896

buck naked1913

raw1916

bollock naked1922

starkers1923

starko1923

stitchless1927

naked as a jaybird1931

bollock1950

rollock naked1962

nekkid1977

kit-off1992

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. D4 Since Letherne Adam, till this youngest howre.

2. Made of a substance resembling leather; leather-like. Said esp. of the bat's wings, hence of its flight, and occasionally of the bat itself. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > of body or parts of

leathern1513

interfemoral1828

volar1840

bat-winged1847

the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough > like leather

leathern1513

leathery1552

leatherly1573

leather-like1592

coriaceous1674

leather-hard1960

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hide > having a tough or rough skin > of skin: leathern

leathern1513

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. Prol. 33 Vpgois the bak wyth hir pelit ledderyn flycht.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ix. xxv. 164 An hideous dragon,..With iron pawes, and leathren wings displaid.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 175 But..the late-corrected Leathern Ears of the circumcised Brethren.

1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision ix. Notes 43 It has been a Question, whether the Leathern Bat (as 'tis call'd) be to be annumber'd among Birds or Beasts.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 514 So to the beam the Bat tenacious clings, And pendant round it clasps his leathern wings.

1747 W. Collins Odes 36 The weak-ey'd Bat..flits by on leathern Wing.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 118 Who's that calls ‘silence’ with such leathern lungs?

1878 J. Todhunter Alcestis 100 Death..Thou shalt fly no more, For all thy leathern wings.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Leathern-bird, the bat.

1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 100 Her wondrous loveliness stirred even the leathern hearts of these hill-men.

in combination.1664 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 44 The thick skin, or leathern-coat [= leather-coat (apple)].1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 91 The castle of the Heer Van Tassel,..he found thronged with..farmers, a spare, leathern-faced race.1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks xii. 158 Blue-jays were screaming among leathern-leaved oaks.

Derivatives

ˈleathernly adv. ? clumsily.

ΚΠ

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F2 A Comedie..which was so filthily acted, so leathernly sette foorth, as woulde haue moued laughter in Heraclitus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leathern
释义	leathernadj. Brit. /ˈlɛðn/, U.S. /ˈlɛðərn/ Forms: Old English leðer(e)n, leðren, Middle English lether(e)ne, letherin, Middle English leddering, 1500s leth(e)ren, lethrin, letheryn, Scottish ledderane, ledderyn, leddren, lethrone, leathering, 1500s–1600s leatherne, 1600s leathren, lethern, 1500s– leathern. Etymology: Old English leðeren , < leðer leather n. + -en suffix¹; compare Dutch lederen, German ledern. The earlier Old English form was liðerin, liðrin = Old Saxon litharin (gloss), Old High German lidrîn. 1. a. Consisting or made of leather. leathern convenience, leathern conveniency: a circumlocution for a coach, originally imputed to the Quakers; hence in jocular use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > made of leather leathernc1000 riempie1910 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach coach1556 coach-carriage1688 quitcha1693 leathern convenience1699 coach-wagona1720 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 123/30 Scortia, leþren fæt. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 179/6 Scortius leðern. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 110 Lyk a letherne pors lullede his chekes. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xiii. 59 This is the lawe of the lepre..of all letherin purtenaunce. 1488 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 12 Item in a leddering purs...tuelf score & xvi salutis. 1521 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 74 Item payde for a letheryn baag to ber y^e keys—iiii^d. 1546 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 234 Ane ledderane coit worth tua crovnis of the sone. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 372 A cott of kelt Weill beltit in ane lethrone belt. 1637 J. Milton Comus 22 He..Would..In requitall ope his leather'n scrip. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 14 The poorest of them were good Leathern Shooes. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. vii. 3 Our Leathern-Conveniency being bound in the Braces to its Good-Behaviour, had no more Sway than a Funeral Hers. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Leathern Convenience (by the Quakers), a Coach. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 322 Men with leathern Buckets, do quench Fire in a Town. 1796 W. Combe Hist. Thames II. 123 Robert Scot, the inventor of leathern artillery. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. vii. 170 At the duly appointed hour, creaked forth the leathern convenience. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 120 The Crow camp..was composed of leathern tents. 1861 J. Y. Simpson Archæol. 56 Human bodies..covered with the leathern and other dresses in which they died. b. Used with reference to the skin of the living animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > relating to skin leatherna1325 a1325 Names of Hare in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 134 The hert with the letherene hornes. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 37 Such groanes That their discharge did stretch his leatherne coat Almost to bursting. View more context for this quotation 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 162 The horses distend their leathern sides with water. c. Skin-clad.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective] nakedOE bareOE start nakedc1225 nakec1300 unarrayedc1380 clothelessc1386 mother-nakedc1390 stark nakedc1390 bareda1400 naked as a needlec1400 unattiredc1400 uncladc1400 uncoveredc1400 loose1423 unclothedc1440 belly-nakeda1500 naked as one's nail1563 unabuilyeit1568 sindonlessc1595 leathern1596 disarrayed1611 undressed1613 debaredc1620 unapparelled1622 unaccoutred?1750 stark1762 disrobed1794 ungarmented1798 undraped1814 au naturel1828 nude1830 skyclad1832 garbless1838 kitless1846 spar-naked1849 raimentless1852 undoffed1854 togless1857 garmentless1866 naked as a robin1866 clothesless1868 sky clothed1878 nakedized1885 altogether1896 buck naked1913 raw1916 bollock naked1922 starkers1923 starko1923 stitchless1927 naked as a jaybird1931 bollock1950 rollock naked1962 nekkid1977 kit-off1992 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. D4 Since Letherne Adam, till this youngest howre. View more context for this quotation 2. Made of a substance resembling leather; leather-like. Said esp. of the bat's wings, hence of its flight, and occasionally of the bat itself. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > of body or parts of leathern1513 interfemoral1828 volar1840 bat-winged1847 the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough > like leather leathern1513 leathery1552 leatherly1573 leather-like1592 coriaceous1674 leather-hard1960 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hide > having a tough or rough skin > of skin: leathern leathern1513 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. Prol. 33 Vpgois the bak wyth hir pelit ledderyn flycht. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ix. xxv. 164 An hideous dragon,..With iron pawes, and leathren wings displaid. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 175 But..the late-corrected Leathern Ears of the circumcised Brethren. 1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision ix. Notes 43 It has been a Question, whether the Leathern Bat (as 'tis call'd) be to be annumber'd among Birds or Beasts. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 514 So to the beam the Bat tenacious clings, And pendant round it clasps his leathern wings. 1747 W. Collins Odes 36 The weak-ey'd Bat..flits by on leathern Wing. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 118 Who's that calls ‘silence’ with such leathern lungs? 1878 J. Todhunter Alcestis 100 Death..Thou shalt fly no more, For all thy leathern wings. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Leathern-bird, the bat. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 100 Her wondrous loveliness stirred even the leathern hearts of these hill-men. in combination.1664 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 44 The thick skin, or leathern-coat [= leather-coat (apple)].1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 91 The castle of the Heer Van Tassel,..he found thronged with..farmers, a spare, leathern-faced race.1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks xii. 158 Blue-jays were screaming among leathern-leaved oaks. Derivatives ˈleathernly adv. ? clumsily. ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F2 A Comedie..which was so filthily acted, so leathernly sette foorth, as woulde haue moued laughter in Heraclitus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1000
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