leather

Noun
  1. An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning (synset 114783901)
    is a type of: animal skin - the outer covering of an animal
    subtypes:
    • piece of leather - a separate part consisting of leather
    • grain - the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
    • alligator - leather made from alligator's hide
    • buckskin - a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin
    • buff - a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
    • ooze leather - a very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side
    • russia leather - a smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil
    • calf, calfskin - fine leather from the skin of a calf
    • whit leather, white leather - a leather that has been treated with alum and/or salt
    • chammy, chammy leather, chamois, chamois 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    • cordovan - a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain
    • cowhide, cowskin - leather made from the hide of a cow
    • crush, crushed leather - 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
    • 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; used for shoes and book bindings etc.
    • patent leather - leather with a hard glossy surface
    • pigskin - leather from the skin of swine
    • fleece, sheepskin - tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
    • shoe leather - leather used to make shoes
    • suede, suede leather - leather with a napped surface
    • roan - a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
Verb
  1. Whip with a leather strap (synset 201401336)
    is a type of: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip - beat severely with a whip or rod

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