leather

CEFRB1

/ˈlɛðə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Strong material made from animal skin and used for clothing or goods.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A cricket ball or football.

Examples

  • The leather jacket has worn out at the elbows.

  • They were made of rough brown leather.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈleðə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A piece of the above used for polishing.

  2. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.

  3. A good defensive play

More examples

In context

  • Good leather will wear for years.

  • He leathered the ball all the way down the street.

  • Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The craftsman used high-quality cowhide to make the durable handmade blank wallet.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-. 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”).