Leather Made Noun Bre ˈleðə(R ˈleðər Jacket Soles

• a leather jacket
• the soles are made of leather.
• a leather-bound book
• each volume is bound in genuine leather.

leather

1. 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
2. clothes made from leather, especially those worn by people riding motorcycles
3. as quickly as possible
• to ride hell for leather

Extra Examples

• Each volume is bound in genuine leather.
• I’m looking for a pair of boots in dark brown leather.
• The leather has been treated with wax.
• a biker in black leathers
• a coat made from buffalo leather
• a cracked leather belt

Word Origin

• Old English lether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr.