leather

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A strong material made from the treated skin of animals, used for shoes, bags, and clothing.

   Her jacket was made of soft black leather.

2. 2
   adj

   Made of leather.

   He wore a pair of brown leather boots.

3. 3
   verb

   To hit something very hard.

   He leathered the ball all the way down the street.

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”).

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