leather

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
2. (countable, uncountable)A piece of the above used for polishing.
3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)A cricket ball or football.

   “The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.”

4. (countable, plural, uncountable)clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
5. (countable, uncountable)A good defensive play

   “Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.”

6. (countable, uncountable)A punch.
7. (countable, dated, humorous, uncountable)The skin.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable)Clipping of fruit leather.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Made of leather.

   “Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.”

2. (not-comparable)Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
3. (not-comparable)Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance.

verb

1. (transitive)To cover with leather.

   “He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.”

2. (ambitransitive)To form a leathery surface (on).

   “By the appearance of his deep suntan, which had leathered his skin, and the calluses that covered his hands, Sheriff Anderson figured the man to be one of the area ranchers.”

   “Some leather and droop like bat wings, others, as the poet Brenda Hillman writes, are 'hung in hashtags'.”

3. (transitive)To strike forcefully.

   “He leathered the ball all the way down the street.”

4. (transitive)To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.

   “My father was furious with me and reached for the strap. He brutally leathered me with it before sending me to bed for the night.”

   “Anyway, bums were always on view in our family, getting leathered with a heavy belt.”

name

1. A surname.