n. [ OE. lether, AS. leðer; akin to D. leder, leêr, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. leðr, Sw. läder, Dan. læder. ]
☞ Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. [ 1913 Webster ]
Leather board,
Leather carp (Zool.)
Leather jacket. (Zool.)
Leather flower (Bot.),
Leather leaf (Bot.),
Leather plant (Bot.),
Leather turtle. (Zool.)
Vegetable leather.
v. t.
a. Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather;
n. (Zool.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also
n. any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
n. (Zool.) The friar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales; the leatherjacket{ 2 }.
n.
n.
adj. resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable; leathery.
a. Made of leather; consisting of leather;
n.
n. (Bot.) A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also
n. Articles made of leather. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Resembling leather in appearance or consistency; tough;
. Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through them; esp., such leather with a soft, finely granulated finish (called sometimes
velvet finish) put on the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc. Hence
Ooze calf,
Ooze finish, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. Upper leather. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ White + leather. ] [ 1913 Webster ]