English > leather: 2 senses > noun 1, substance| Meaning | An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning. |
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| Narrower | Russia leather | A smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil |
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| alligator | Leather made from alligator's hide |
| buckskin | A soft yellowish suede leather originally / originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin |
| buff | A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo / buffalo or oxen |
| calf, calfskin | fine leather from the skin of a calf |
| chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather | A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin |
| cordovan | A fine leather originally / originally made in Cordoba, Spain |
| cowhide, cowskin | Leather made from the hide of a cow |
| crushed leather, crush | Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated |
| deerskin | Leather from the hide of a deer |
| doeskin | Soft leather from deerskin or lambskin |
| glove leather | Leather suitable for making gloves |
| grain | The side of leather from which the hair has been removed |
| horsehide | Leather from the hide of a horse |
| kid, kidskin | Soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat |
| mocha | Soft suede glove leather from goatskin |
| morocco | A soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin |
| ooze leather | A very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side |
| patent leather | Leather with a hard glossy surface |
| piece of leather | A separate part consisting of leather |
| pigskin | Leather from the skin of swine |
| roan | A soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco |
| sheepskin, fleece | tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on |
| shoe leather | Leather used to make shoes |
| suede, suede leather | Leather with a napped surface |
| white leather, whit leather | A leather that has been treated with alum / alum / alum and/or salt |
| Broader | animal skin | The outer covering of an animal |
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| Spanish | cuero, piel |
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| Catalan | cuir, pell |
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| Adjectives | leathery | resembling or made to resemble leather |
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