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leather

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noun/ˈlɛðə//ˈlɛðɚ//ˈleðə/
  1. 1

    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.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    A piece of the above used for polishing.countableuncountable

  3. 3

    A cricket ball or football.colloquialcountableuncountable

    • The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.
  4. 4

    clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.countablepluraluncountable

  5. 5

    A good defensive playcountableuncountable

    • Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
  6. 6

    A punch.countableuncountable

  7. 7

    The skin.countabledatedhumorous

  8. 8

    Clipping of fruit leather.abbreviationalt-ofclipping

adj/ˈlɛðə//ˈlɛðɚ//ˈleðə/
  1. 1

    Made of leather.not-comparable

    • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot
  2. 2

    Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.not-comparable

  3. 3

    Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance.not-comparable

    • Some research has documented the phenomenon of leather families as a form of intentional, chosen families created by members of sexual and gender minority groups, often in the face of biological family rejection and marginalization in socie
verb/ˈlɛðə//ˈlɛðɚ//ˈleðə/
  1. 1

    To cover with leather.transitive

    • He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.
  2. 2

    To form a leathery surface (on).ambitransitive

    • By the appearance of his deep suntan, which had leathered his skin, and the calluses that covered his hands, Sheriff Anderson figured the man to be one of the area ranchers.
    • Some leather and droop like bat wings, others, as the poet Brenda Hillman writes, are 'hung in hashtags'.
  3. 3

    To strike forcefully.transitive

    • He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
  4. 4

    To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.transitive

    • My father was furious with me and reached for the strap. He brutally leathered me with it before sending me to bed for the night.
    • Anyway, bums were always on view in our family, getting leathered with a heavy belt.

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