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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 leather used for polishing.
  3. (colloquialism) A cricket ball or football.
  4. (plural: leathers) Leather clothing, often worn by motorcycle riders.
  5. (baseball) A good defensive play
Jones showed good to snare that liner.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: leer , leder (formal)
  • French: cuir
  • German: Leder
  • Italian: cuoio
  • Spanish: cuero
verb (leathers, leathering, leathered)
  1. (rfv-sense) To polish or wipe with a leather.
  2. (rfv-sense) To beat or thrash with a leather.
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.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: leren
Etymology: Old English leíer

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