Leather
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɛðə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Leather is a noun meaning A piece of the above used for polishing.
Meaning
A piece of the above used for polishing.
More Meanings
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- (boxing) A punch.
- Clipping of fruit leather.
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- (dated, humorous) The skin.
Example Sentences
Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.
Some leather and droop like bat wings, others, as the poet Brenda Hillman writes, are 'hung in hashtags'.
Word Forms
- leathers
- leathering
- leathered
Synonyms for leather
Depending on context, synonyms include leathern.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include leathery, coriaceous, tough, tanning, fur, skin.
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