leather

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 ]

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, 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 ]

☞ 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 ]

a. Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather; as, a black leather jacket. [ PJC ]

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 leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Leather + et, F. -ette. ] A material made in imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
Syn. -- leatherjacket. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The friar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales; the leatherjacket{ 2 }.
Syn. -- leatherjacket. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
Syn. -- leatherfish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales.
Syn. -- leatherjack. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. The tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]