Definition of Leathir
Leath"er (l&ebreve;&thlig;"&etilde;r),
n. [OE. lether, AS. leðer; akin
to D. leder, leêr, G. leder, OHG.
ledar, Icel. leðr, Sw. läder, Dan.
læder.] 1. The skin of an animal,
or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for
use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
&fist; Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of
made of, relating to, or like,
leather.
Leather board, an imitation of sole leather,
made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. -- Leather
carp (Zoöl.) , a variety of carp in which
the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under
Carp. -- Leather jacket.
(Zoöl.) (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. (Zoöl.) See
Leatherback. -- Vegetable leather.
(a) An imitation of leather made of cotton
waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India
rubber. Ure.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
LEATHER. To lose leather; to be galled with riding on
horseback, or, as the Scotch express it, to be saddle sick.
To leather also meant to beat, perhaps originally with a
strap: I'll leather you to your heart's content. Leather-
headed; stupid. Leathern conveniency; term used by
quakers for a stage-coach.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
- A piece of leather used for polishing.
- (colloquialism) A cricket ball or football.
- (plural: leathers) Leather clothing, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
- Made of leather.
See also leathern, leathery
- To polish or wipe with a leather.
- To beat or thrash with a leather.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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