单词 | box calf |
释义 | box calf in British Englishnoun black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding Word origin C20: named after Joseph Box, London shoemakerbox calf in American English US tanned calf leather with square markings box calf in American Englishnoun a chrome-tanned calfskin with square markings produced by graining Word origin [1900–05, Amer.; allegedly after Joseph Box, a London bootmaker]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, desensitize, geopolitics, hookup, throwaway |
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