Definitions for leather

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leather leath·er

Spelling: [leth -er]

IPA: /ˈlɛð ər/

Leather is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in leather (aeehlrt).

Definitions for leather

noun

1. the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
2. an article made of this material.
3. stirrup leather.

adjective

1. pertaining to, made of, or resembling leather:
2. Slang. catering to or patronized by customers who typically wear leather clothing, often as a means of signaling interest in or preference for sadomasochistic sexual activity.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or furnish with leather.
2. Informal. to beat with a leather strap.

Origin of leather

before 1000; Middle English lether, Old English lether- (in compounds); cognate with Dutch, German leder, Old Norse lethr, MIr lethar skin, leather, Welsh lledr, Middle Breton lezr leather

Examples for leather

Everybody else said that Dozier was the best man that ever pulled a gun out of leather.

As for furs and leather and lumber, no other town in the colonies compared with Albany.

“Now get on your knees and crawl,” he demanded with the slap of a leather horse crop against the palm of his hand.

With every stroke, her leather boot creaked under the weight of her leg.

When they are cold, tie up the jar; covering the cork with leather.

Round this a piece of leather is stretched and dressed with emery.

My companion paused, drumming on the leather covering of his chair.

I am holding in my hand a book, bound in black “genuine top-grain” leather.

She tugged on the black rope that wrapped around his thighs and torso, her leather gloves creaking with each adjustment.

Poking out of the shiny gold pages is a “distinctive silk marker”—also gold—which “complements the color of the leather.”