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leather
English
Etymology
From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-Germanic *leþr? (“leather”), borrowing from Proto-Celtic *?litro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?tro-. Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l?ð?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l?ð?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(?)
Noun
leather (countable and uncountable, plural leathers)
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
- A piece of the above used for polishing.
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
- (boxing) A punch.
- (dated, humorous) The skin.
Hyponyms
(types of leather): chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskin, taw
Translations
Adjective
leather (not comparable)
- Made of leather.
- Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
Translations
Verb
leather (third-person singular simple present leathers, present participle leathering, simple past and past participle leathered)
- (transitive) To cover with leather.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
- (transitive) To beat with a leather belt or strap.
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Tar Heel, Tarheel, haltere, lethera
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stockwhip
English
Etymology
stock +? whip
Noun
stockwhip (plural stockwhips)
- An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VI, p. 80, [1]
- […] Mrs. Pansy McLash, the keeper of the Siding House, was flogging a herd of goats from her garden. The goats surged on to the railway, intent on escaping the stockwhip whistling behind, and Mrs. McLash went after them, intent on teaching them the lesson of their lives.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VI, p. 80, [1]
Hypernyms
- whip
Verb
stockwhip (third-person singular simple present stockwhips, present participle stockwhipping, simple past and past participle stockwhipped)
- (transitive) To use such a whip.
Further reading
- stockwhip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- whipstock
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