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noun
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
- A piece of leather used for polishing.
- (colloquialism) A cricket ball or football.
- (plural: leathers) Leather clothing, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- Jones showed good to snare that liner.
verb (leathers, leathering, leathered)
- (rfv-sense) To polish or wipe with a leather.
- (rfv-sense) To beat or thrash with a leather.
adjective
- Made of leather.
- Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
Etymology: Old English leíer
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