russia leather or Russia leather noun

A fine brownish-red leather impregnated with birch tar oil, used esp in bookbinding

Russian boots plural noun

Wide-topped, calf-length leather boots

Russian doll noun

One of a set of hollow wooden brightly painted dolls of gradually decreasing size, designed to fit inside each other

Russian dressing noun

Mayonnaise sharpened with chilli sauce, chopped pickles, etc

Russian roulette noun

An act of bravado, specif that of loading a revolver with one bullet, spinning the cylinder, and firing at one's own head

Russian salad noun

A salad of mixed vegetables, diced and served with a Russian dressing

Russian tea noun

Tea with lemon and no milk, usu served in a glass

Russian thistle or Russian tumbleweed noun

A tumbleweed (Salsola kali teniufolia) with narrow, prickly leaves, native to Russia

Russian vine noun

A Central Asian climbing plant (Polygonum baldschuanicum) of the knotgrass family, producing white or pink flowers

Russo-Byzanˈtine adjective

In or relating to the Byzantine style as developed in Russia

leather /ledhˈər/

noun

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

adjective

Made of leather

transitive verb

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

morocco leather see morocco

patent leather, also japanned or lacquered leather see under patent

Russia leather see under Russian

split leather

Leather split by a machine, for trunk-covers, etc

white leather

Tawed leather, having its natural colour