| leather | 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. 2. The skin. Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. Leather carp (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). <botany> Leather flower See Leatherback. Vegetable leather. An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. Linen cloth coated with India rubber. Origin: OE. Lether, AS. Leer; akin to D. Leder, leer, G. Leder, OHG. Ledar, Icel. Ler, Sw. Lader, Dan. Laeder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| leatherback | <zoology> A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds. Synonym: leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leatherhead | <zoology> The friar bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leatherneck | <zoology> The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leatherwood | <botany> A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States. Synonym: moosewood, and wicopy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leathery | Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "A leathery skin." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |