leather /ledhˈər/

1. A tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed skin
2. A strap or other piece of leather
3. The ball in certain games
4. Human skin (slang)
5. (in pl) clothes, esp as worn by motorcyclists, or riding breeches made from leather

Made of leather

1. To apply leather to
2. To thrash (informal)

Leatheretteˈ® noun

Cloth or paper made to look like leather

leathˈering noun (informal)

A thrashing

leathˈern adjective

Of or like leather

leathˈery adjective

1. Resembling leather
2. Tough

leathˈerback noun

A large variety of sea-turtle (also called leathery turtle)

leathˈercloth noun

A fabric coated on one face so as to resemble leather (also called American cloth)

leathˈer-coat noun (Shakespeare)

An apple with a rough coat, the golden russet

leathˈergoods plural noun

Objects and utensils made from leather

leathˈer-head noun

1. A blockhead
2. An Australian friarbird with a bare head

leathˈerjacket noun

1. A name applied to various fishes
2. A grub of the cranefly

leathˈer-knife noun

A curved knife for cutting leather

leathˈer-lunged /-lungd/ adjective

Strong-lunged, able to shout vigorously

leathˈer-mouthed /-mowdhd/ adjective

Of certain fish, having a mouth like leather, smooth and toothless

leathˈerneck noun

A sailor's name for a soldier or marine (from the leather neckband once worn), esp now a US marine

leathˈer-winged adjective (Spenser)

Having wings like leather

leathˈerwood noun

A N American shrub or small tree (Cyrilla racemiflora) with tough leathery bark

artificial leather

Any of certain plastic materials treated so as to simulate leather

fair leather

Leather not artificially coloured

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