Leather

Noun

 * 1) A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
 * 2) A piece of the above used for polishing.
 * 3) (colloquialism) A cricket ball or football.
 * 4) (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
 * 5)  A good defensive play

Adjective

 * 1) Made of leather.
 * 2) Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.

Verb

 * 1) To polish or wipe with a leather.
 * 2) To cover with leather.

Adjectives for Leather
superlative; bronzed; well-oiled; sumptuous ; dusty.

Verbs for Leather
bind in—; bleach—; buff—; coat—; concert into—; damage—; dip—; drum—; paddle—; pickle—; roll—; shave—; soak—; spray; stretch—; tan—; treat—; trim—; — Ereaks; —discolors; —preserves.

Thesaurus
hide, imitation fur, imitation leather, integument, jacket, kid, larrup, lather, leather paper, leathern, leathery, lick, mocha, outer layer, outer skin, paddle, patent leather, pelt, peltry, rawhide, rind, sheath, sheepskin, skin, skins, suede, tan, tegument, trim, vair, wallop, welt, whale, Leatherette, Leatheroid, Morocco, buff, cartilage, chamois, coat, cordovan, cuticle, dermis, dress down, fell, flax, fleece, flesh, fur, furring, give a dressing-down, gristle, Leatherette, Leatheroid, Morocco, buff, cartilage, chamois, coat, cordovan, cuticle, dermis, dress down, fell, flax, fleece, flesh, fur, furring, give a dressing-down, gristle,

Etymology
leþer, from (compare West Frisian leare:, / leder:, Swedish läder:), from  *letrom (compare  lledr:,  lethar:), from pre-Celtic *péltrom, from  'to beat'. More at anvil.

Derived terms

 * hell-for-leather
 * leatherback
 * leatherette
 * leatherhead
 * leatherjacket
 * leather jacket
 * leather-lunged
 * leathern
 * leathery
 * wash-leather

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: (jild)
 * Armenian:
 * Avestan:
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: cuir
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, (formal)
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: δέρμα
 * Guaraní: pire
 * Hebrew: עור
 * Hindi: चमड़ा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: leður
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
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 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 皮 (かわ, kawa)
 * Korean: 가죽 (gajuk)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: āda
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malayalam: തോല്‍ (thOl)
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old Persian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: piele, piele de animal
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Roman: koža
 * Cyrillic: кожа
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: (1)
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: da thuộc
 * Vietnamese: da thuộc


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: nahkakuula (football)


 * Hungarian:


 * Finnish: nahkavaatteet

Adjective

 * Bosnian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: leda
 * Finnish: nahka-, nahkainen
 * Lithuanian: odinis
 * Persian:
 * Polish: skórzany, skórzana , skórzane


 * Romanian: din piele (fabricat)
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: кожни
 * Roman: kožni
 * Slovene: usnjen, usnjena , usnjeno
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * haltere
 * lethera
 * Tar Heel