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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Leather
     a girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist
     (Matt. 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Num. 31:20;
     Heb. 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is
     mentioned (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32). It was probably learned in
     Egypt.
     

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Leather \Leath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leathered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Leathering.]
     To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] --G.
     Eliot.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Leather \Leath"er\ (l[e^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. lether, AS.
     le[eth]er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar,
     Icel. le[eth]r, Sw. l["a]der, Dan. l[ae]der.]
     1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the
        hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for
        use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made
           of, relating to, or like, leather.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of
        leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
  
     Leather carp (Zo["o]l.), a variety of carp in which the
        scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under
        Carp.
  
     Leather jacket. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A California carangoid fish ({Oligoplites saurus).
        (b) A trigger fish ({Balistes Carolinensis).
  
     Leather+flower+(Bot.),+a+climbing+plant+({Clematis+Viorna" rel="nofollow">Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Clematis Viorna)
        of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery
        sepals of a purplish color.
  
     Leather+leaf+(Bot.),+a+low+shrub+({Cassandra+calyculata" rel="nofollow">Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub ({Cassandra calyculata),
        growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,
        coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
  
     Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the
        composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff
        tomentose leaves.
  
     Leather turtle. (Zo["o]l.) See Leatherback.
  
     Vegetable leather.
        (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.
        (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  leather \leath"er\, a.
     Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather;
     as, a black leather jacket.
     [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Leather \Leath"er\, n. [OE. lether, AS. le?er; akin to D. leder,
     le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le?r, Sw. l["a]der, Dan.
     l[ae]der.]
     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. [Ironical or Sportive]
  
     Note: 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 (Zo["o]l.), a variety of carp in which the
        scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under
        Carp.
  
     Leather jacket. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A California carangoid fish ({Oligoplites saurus).
        (b) A trigger fish ({Balistes Carolinensis).
  
     Leather+flower+(Bot.),+a+climbing+plant+({Clematis+Viorna" rel="nofollow">Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Clematis Viorna)
        of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery
        sepals of a purplish color.
  
     Leather+leaf+(Bot.),+a+low+shrub+({Cassandra+calyculata" rel="nofollow">Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub ({Cassandra calyculata),
        growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,
        coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
  
     Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the
        composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff
        tomentose leaves.
  
     Leather turtle. (Zo["o]l.) See Leatherback.
  
     Vegetable leather.
        (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.
        (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Leather \Leath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leathered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Leathering.]
     To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] --G.
     Eliot.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  leather
       n : an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair
           and then tanning

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  leather
     Αγγλικά a.
     δερμάτινος
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το δέρμα (ζώου κατεργασμένο για να μετατραπεί σε ρούχο ή άλλο
  αντικείμενο)
     2 το δερμάτινο (μπουφάν)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  leather
     Yola vb.
     (alt form yol luther)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Leather
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  leather
     a.
     1 made of leather.
     2 Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket,
  chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic
  homosexuality.
     n.
     1 A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or
  similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
     2 A piece of the above used for polishing.
     3 (lb en colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
     4 (''plural'': '''leathers''') clothing made from the skin of
  animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
     5 (lb en baseball) A good defensive play
     6 (lb en boxing) A punch. <!-- from the material of the gloves
  -->
     7 (lb en dated humorous) The skin.
     8 (clipping of en fruit leather)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover with leather.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To form a leathery surface (on).
     3 (senseid en to strike) (lb en transitive) To strike forcefully.
     4 (lb en transitive) To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Leather
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  leather
     a.
     1 made of leather.
     2 Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket,
  chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic
  homosexuality.
     n.
     1 A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or
  similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
     2 A piece of the above used for polishing.
     3 (lb en colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
     4 (''plural'': '''leathers''') clothing made from the skin of
  animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
     5 (lb en baseball) A good defensive play
     6 (lb en boxing) A punch. <!-- from the material of the gloves
  -->
     7 (lb en dated humorous) The skin.
     8 (clipping of en fruit leather)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover with leather.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To form a leathery surface (on).
     3 (senseid en to strike) (lb en transitive) To strike forcefully.
     4 (lb en transitive) To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Leather
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  leather
     a.
     1 made of leather.
     2 Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket,
  chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic
  homosexuality.
     n.
     1 A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or
  similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
     2 A piece of the above used for polishing.
     3 (lb en colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
     4 (''plural'': '''leathers''') clothing made from the skin of
  animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
     5 (lb en baseball) A good defensive play
     6 (lb en boxing) A punch. <!-- from the material of the gloves
  -->
     7 (lb en dated humorous) The skin.
     8 (clipping of en fruit leather)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover with leather.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To form a leathery surface (on).
     3 (senseid en to strike) (lb en transitive) To strike forcefully.
     4 (lb en transitive) To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Leather
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  leather
     Englanti n.
     nahka (''materiaali'')

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  leather
     Engelska n.
     läder
     Engelska vb.
     bekläda med läder

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  leer

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  leerware

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Leather /lˈɛðə/
  الجلد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  leather //ˈlɛðə// //ˈlɛðɚ// //ˈlʌðəɹ// 
  ко́жен
  made of leather

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  leather //ˈlɛðə// //ˈlɛðɚ// //ˈlʌðəɹ// 
  1. то́пка
  colloquial: cricket ball or football
  2. ко́жа, кожа
  material produced by tanning animal skin

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  kůže

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/ 
  kožený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  useň

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/ 
  spráskat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/ 
  lledr 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  Leder 
   see: buff, grain, board leather, flesh leather, bruise leather, cripple leather, pull out all the stops
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  
  δερμάτινος, βύρσα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  leather //ˈlɛðə// //ˈlɛðɚ// //ˈlʌðəɹ// 
  nahka, nahkainen
  made of leather

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  leather //ˈlɛðə// //ˈlɛðɚ// //ˈlʌðəɹ// 
  1. nahkakuula
  colloquial: cricket ball or football
  2. nahkavaatteet
  leather clothing
  3. säämiskä
  piece of leather used for polishing

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  leather /leðər/
  cuir

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  leather /leðər/
  leathar

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/ 
  1. चमडा
        "A leather shoe. "
  2. चमडे के कपडे

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  koža, kože, kožni, kožnu

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  1. szelepbôr
  2. kikészített bôr
  3. bôr-
  4. bôr
  5. dugattyúbôr
  6. kengyelszíj
  7. futball-labda
  8. krikettlabda

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  leather //ˈlɛðə// //ˈlɛðɚ// //ˈlʌðəɹ// 
  kulit
  material produced by tanning animal skin

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  cuoio

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  leather //ˈlɛðə// //ˈlɛðɚ// //ˈlʌðəɹ// 
  皮革, 革
  material produced by tanning animal skin

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  leather /leðər/
  corium

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  leather /leðər/
  1. (išdirbta) oda
  2. diržas
  3. apmušti oda
  4. perti diržu

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  leather /leðər/
  1. leerachtig, lederen, leren, taai
  2. leder, leer

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  leather //ˈlɛðə// //ˈlɛðɚ// //ˈlʌðəɹ// 
  lær
  material produced by tanning animal skin

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  leather /ˈleðə/ 
    skóra

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  leather /leðər/  
  1. couro
  2. de couro

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  leather /leðər/
  1. duro
  2. cuero

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  leather /leðərgudz/
  artículosdecuero

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  leather //ˈlɛðə// //ˈlɛðɚ// //ˈlʌðəɹ// 
  läder
  material produced by tanning animal skin

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  leather /lˈɛðə/
  1. kösele, tabaklanmış deri, meşin
  2. deriden yapılmış şey
  3. kösele ile kaplamak
  4. (argo.) kamçı veya kayışla dövmek. leatherback  yumuşak kabuklu iri bir deniz kaplumbağası. leatherette  cilt bezi, pantozot. leatherhead  (argo.) mankafa veya aptal kimse. leathern  deriden yapılmış. leatherneck  (argo.) bahriye askeri. leatherwood  Amerika'ya mahsus beyaz ve yumuşak odunu ile sert lifli kabuğu olan bir ağaç, (bot.) Dirca palustris. cowhide leather kösele. morocco leather sahtiyan. Russian leather Rusya'da yapılan su geçmez ve dayanıklı kösele. sole leather tabanlık kösele, (gön.) leathery  kayış gibi, sert.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫɛðɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "leather":
     Leatherette, Leatheroid, Morocco, buff, cartilage, chamois, coat,
     cordovan, cuticle, dermis, dress down, fell, flax, fleece, flesh,
     fur, furring, give a dressing-down, gristle, hide, imitation fur,
     imitation leather, integument, jacket, kid, larrup, lather,
     leather paper, leathern, leathery, lick, mocha, outer layer,
     outer skin, paddle, patent leather, pelt, peltry, rawhide, rind,
     sheath, sheepskin, skin, skins, suede, tan, tegument, trim, vair,
     wallop, welt, whale
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 皮革,皮制品,马镫皮带;
  v. 覆以皮革,鞭苔,抽打;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 皮革,皮制品,马镫皮带
     vt. 覆以皮革,鞭苔,抽打
     a. 皮革的,皮制的

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