leather
Forms
- Plural
- leathers
- present (v1)
- leather
- past (v2)
- leathered
- past participle (v3)
- leathered
- present participle
- leathering
- 3rd person singular
- leathers
Definitions
1.A piece of the above used for polishing.
2.A cricket ball or football.(colloquial)
- 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.
3.clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
4.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.
1.Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance.
2.Made of leather.
3.Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
1.To cover with leather.
- He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3535
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *letrosbor.
Proto-Germanic *leþrą
Proto-West Germanic *leþr
Old English leþer
Middle English lether
English leather