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Definition of leather noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

leather

noun
 
 
/ˈleðə(r)/
 
/ˈleðər/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [uncountable] material made by removing the hair or fur from animal skins and preserving the skins using special processes
    • a leather jacket
    • The soles are made of leather.
    • a leather-bound book
    • in leather I'm looking for a pair of boots in dark brown leather.
    see also chamois (2), patent leather, pleather
    Extra Examples
    • Each volume is bound in genuine leather.
    • The leather has been treated with wax.
    • a coat made from buffalo leather
    • a cracked leather belt
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • thick
    • thin
    • soft
    • …
    verb + leather
    • tan
    • treat
    • polish
    • …
    leather + verb
    • crack
    leather + noun
    • belt
    • boots
    • chaps
    • …
    preposition
    • in leather
    • in leathers
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  2. leathers
     [plural] clothes made from leather, especially those worn by people riding motorcycles
    • a biker in black leathers
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • thick
    • thin
    • soft
    • …
    verb + leather
    • tan
    • treat
    • polish
    • …
    leather + verb
    • crack
    leather + noun
    • belt
    • boots
    • chaps
    • …
    preposition
    • in leather
    • in leathers
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginOld English lether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr.
Idioms
hell for leather
  1. (British English, old-fashioned, informal) as quickly as possible
    • to ride hell for leather
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