neat's leathern.

Brit.

/ˈniːts ˌlɛðə/, U.S.

/ˈnits ˌlɛðər/

Forms: Middle English netez lether, 1500s neates ledder, 1500s nettes leather, 1600s–1700s neats leather, 1600s– neat's leather, 1900s– neatsleather.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: neat n.¹, leather n.

Etymology: < the genitive of neat n.¹ + leather n. Compare neat-leather n. at neat n.¹ Compounds 1a).

Now rare.

Leather made from cowhide.In later use sometimes with allusion to Shakespeare's use (see quot. a1616).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from ox, cow, or buffalo

neat's leather?a1425

buff-leather1574

buff-hide1589

buff-skin1589

cowhide1728

robe1761

Grecian leather1852

crop1858

crop-leather1858

steerhide1921

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 173^v Stiptik þingez..as..aristologi adust & netez lether.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 248/1 Neates ledder, cordovayn.

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 88 If you wil die Nettes leather or Spanishe skinnes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 25 As proper men as euer trod vpon Neats Leather .

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 17 Some have been..kick'd until they can feel whether A shoo be Spanish or Neat's-Leather.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3694/4 A strong Neats-leather Saddle and Bridle.

1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 224 The best leather is the ox hide, called neats leather.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. viii. 203 Exchanging a sheath of neat's leather for one of flesh and blood.

1895 Longman's Mag. Apr. 602 Now a more valiant man than Mr. Trussbit never trod neat's leather.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 176 He came a step a sinkapace forward on neatsleather creaking.

1954 Shakespeare Q. 5 427 The reference to ‘dried neatstong’..might have been suggested by the association between a shoemaker's awl and neat's leather.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neats leather
释义	neat's leathern. Brit. /ˈniːts ˌlɛðə/, U.S. /ˈnits ˌlɛðər/ Forms: Middle English netez lether, 1500s neates ledder, 1500s nettes leather, 1600s–1700s neats leather, 1600s– neat's leather, 1900s– neatsleather. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: neat n.¹, leather n. Etymology: < the genitive of neat n.¹ + leather n. Compare neat-leather n. at neat n.¹ Compounds 1a). Now rare. Leather made from cowhide.In later use sometimes with allusion to Shakespeare's use (see quot. a1616). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from ox, cow, or buffalo neat's leather?a1425 buff-leather1574 buff-hide1589 buff-skin1589 cowhide1728 robe1761 Grecian leather1852 crop1858 crop-leather1858 steerhide1921 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 173^v Stiptik þingez..as..aristologi adust & netez lether. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 248/1 Neates ledder, cordovayn. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 88 If you wil die Nettes leather or Spanishe skinnes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 25 As proper men as euer trod vpon Neats Leather . View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 17 Some have been..kick'd until they can feel whether A shoo be Spanish or Neat's-Leather. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3694/4 A strong Neats-leather Saddle and Bridle. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 224 The best leather is the ox hide, called neats leather. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. viii. 203 Exchanging a sheath of neat's leather for one of flesh and blood. 1895 Longman's Mag. Apr. 602 Now a more valiant man than Mr. Trussbit never trod neat's leather. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 176 He came a step a sinkapace forward on neatsleather creaking. 1954 Shakespeare Q. 5 427 The reference to ‘dried neatstong’..might have been suggested by the association between a shoemaker's awl and neat's leather. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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