'Leather' definitions:
Definition of 'leather'
(from WordNet)
noun
An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
verb
Whip with a leather strap
Definition of 'Leather'
From: GCIDE
- Leather \Leath"er\ (l[e^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. lether, AS. le[eth]er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[eth]r, Sw. l[aum]der, Dan. l[ae]der.]
- 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. [1913 Webster]
- Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
- Leather carp (Zool.), a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.
- Leather jacket. (Zool.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).
- Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color.
- Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
- Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves.
- Leather turtle. (Zool.) See Leatherback.
- Vegetable leather. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leather'
From: GCIDE
- Leather \Leath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Leathering.] To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'leather'
From: GCIDE
- leather \leath"er\, a. Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather; as, a black leather jacket. [PJC]
Definition of 'leather'
From: Easton
- Leather a girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist (Matt. 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Num. 31:20; Heb. 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is mentioned (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32). It was probably learned in Egypt.
Synonyms of 'leather'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- buff,
- cartilage,
- chamois,
- coat,
- cordovan,
- cuticle,
- dermis,
- dress down,
- fell,
- flax,
- fleece,
- flesh,
- fur,
- furring,
- give a dressing-down,
- gristle,
- hide,
- imitation fur,
- imitation leather,
- integument,
- jacket,
- kid,
- larrup,
- lather,
- leather paper,
- Leatherette,
- leathern,
- Leatheroid,
- leathery,
- lick,
- mocha,
- Morocco,
- outer layer,
- outer skin,
- paddle,
- patent leather,
- pelt,
- peltry,
- rawhide,
- rind,
- sheath,
- sheepskin,
- skin,
- skins,
- suede,
- tan,
- tegument,
- trim,
- vair,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whale
Words containing 'Leather'
- Leathered,
- Leathering,
- D leather,
- Grain leather,
- Japanned leather,
- Kip leather,
- Lace leather,
- Leather board,
- Leather carp,
- Leather flower,
- Leather jacket,
- Leather leaf,
- Leather plant,
- Leather turtle,
- Mountain leather,
- Patent leather,
- Russia leather,
- Sole leather,
- Spanish leather,
- Spruce leather,
- Stirrup leather,
- Upper leather,
- Vegetable leather,
- Wash leather,
- White leather,
- chammy leather,
- chamois leather,
- crushed leather,
- glove leather,
- imitation leather,
- leather fern,
- leather soap,
- leather strip,
- ooze leather,
- piece of leather,
- shammy leather,
- shoe leather,
- suede leather,
- whit leather,
- hell-for-leather,
- leather-leafed,
- leather-leaved,
- leather-backed tortoise