leather

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishlether,fromOld Englishleþer(“leather”),fromProto-West Germanic*leþr,fromProto-Germanic*leþrą(“leather”),borrowing fromProto-Celtic*ɸlitrom,*letros,fromProto-Indo-European*pl̥tro-.

Cognate withWest Frisianleare(“leather”),Low GermanLeder(“leather”),Dutchleder,leer(“leather”),GermanLeder(“leather”),Danishlæder(“leather”),Swedishläder(“leather”),Icelandicleður(“leather”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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leather(countableanduncountable,pluralleathers)

  2. A tough material produced from theskinofanimals,bytanningor similar process, used e.g. forclothing.
    Coordinate term:pseudoleather
  3. A piece of the above used forpolishing.
  4. (colloquial)Acricketball orfootball.
    • 1918,M. M. Guy,Joe Doughty,page157:
      The goalee made a frantic grab as theleatherspun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.
  5. (plural:leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn bymotorcycleriders.
  6. (baseball)A good defensive play
    Jones showed goodleatherto snare thatliner.
  7. (boxing)Apunch.
  8. (dated,humorous)Theskin.
  9. Clipping offruit leather.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Tok Pisin:let
  • →Esperanto:ledo
  • →Ido:ledro

Translations

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Adjective

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leather(notcomparable)

  1. Madeof leather.
    Synonym:leathern
  2. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign ofsadomasochistichomosexuality.
  3. Referring to anestablishmentoffamilialrelations through agreedsexualorromanticdeviance.
    • 2021June 14, Ellora Vilkin, Richard Sprott, “Consensual Non-Monogamy Among Kink-Identified Adults: Characteristics, Relationship Experiences, and Unique Motivations for Polyamory and Open Relationships”, inArchives of Sexual Behavior,volume50,→DOI,pages1521–1536:
      Some research has documented the phenomenon ofleatherfamilies as a form of intentional, chosen families created by members of sexual and gender minority groups, often in the face of biological family rejection and marginalization in society (Bauer, 2010; Hammack et al., 2019; Murphy & Bjorngaard, 2019; Pitagora, 2016).Leatherfamilies are a network of people that acknowledge and practice ongoing supportive relationships “while sharing the commonalities of the leather and kink scene” (Bannon, 2016). […] Very few studies have examined how many people are members ofleatheror other “chosen” families.

Translations

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Verb

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leather(third-person singular simple presentleathers,present participleleathering,simple past and past participleleathered)

  1. (transitive)To cover with leather.
    • 2015,Rain Trueax,Lands of Fire:
      He rose andleatheredhis Colt as his father came to stand beside him.
  2. (transitive,intransitive)To form aleatherysurface (on).
    • 2003,Bonita Wagner,Satan's Choice,page66:
      By the appearance of his deep suntan, which hadleatheredhis skin, and the calluses that covered his hands, Sheriff Anderson figured the man to be one of the area ranchers.
    • 2020,Merlin Sheldrake,Entangled Life,page83:
      Someleatherand droop like bat wings, others, as the poet Brenda Hillman writes, are 'hung in hashtags'.
  4. (transitive)To strike forcefully.
    Heleatheredthe ball all the way down the street.
  5. (transitive)Tospankorbeatwith a leatherbeltorstrap.
    • 1806,Andrew Kippis,The New Annual Register:
      My father was very angry with me— -he took andleathered( beat) me, because I ran away from my school; for I did run away from my school; he took and tied me up on a Sunday morning,leatheredme a Friday night, and Saturday night: I was stripped naked when heleatheredme on Friday night, and Saturday; my father told me to strip myself, and heleatheredme, it was with a whip; but I do not know where he got the whip; he tied me with my arms extended so -- (spreading out her arms to their extremity, as if they were to be nailed upon a cross) -- My legs were tied too -- I was at the bottom of the dresser.
    • 2005,H. Salisbury,Betrayed,→ISBN,page 4:
      My father was furious with me and reached for the strap. He brutallyleatheredme with it before sending me to bed for the night.
    • 2011,Agnes Owens,Agnes Owens: The Complete Novellas,→ISBN:
      Anyway, bums were always on view in our family, gettingleatheredwith a heavy belt.

Derived terms

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Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verbleather

References

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  1. ^Bingham, Caleb(1808) “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, inThe Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book[…]‎[1],12th edition,Boston:Manning & Loring,→OCLC,page75.

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