leathern
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- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
Definition of leathern
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(dated, not-comparable)Made of leather.
“For the doing of this matter, he ordered a great many leathern bottles and sacks to be got together; […]”
“He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter of a penny loaf—our crug—moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggins, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.”
“[A] street door was torn open to admit four boys, with their leathern straps of books over their shoulders.”
“Still more pleased was he when, inverting a leathern pouch over the end of the reed, and so filling it with the gas, he was able to send it soaring up into the air.”
“Except for his leathern harness, covered thick with jewels and metal, […]”
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Etymology
From Middle English letheren, from Old English liþren, from Proto-Germanic *liþrīnaz (“of leather, leathern”), equivalent to leather + -en. Cognate with Scots letherin, lethrin, West Frisian learen, Dutch lederen, leren (“leathern”), German ledern (“leathern”).
Words you can make from leathern
199 playable · top: EARTHEN (10 pts)
Best play earthen 10 points7-letter words
8 words6-letter words
24 words- AETHER 9 pts
- ANTHER 9 pts
- ETHANE 9 pts
- HALTER 9 pts
- HANTLE 9 pts
- HEALER 9 pts
- HEATER 9 pts
- HEREAT 9 pts
- LATHER 9 pts
- NETHER 9 pts
- REHEAT 9 pts
- THALER 9 pts
- THENAL 9 pts
- THENAR 9 pts
- ANTLER 6 pts
- ELATER 6 pts
- ENTERA 6 pts
- LATEEN 6 pts
- LEANER 6 pts
- LEARNT 6 pts
- NEATER 6 pts
- RELATE 6 pts
- RELENT 6 pts
- RENTAL 6 pts
5-letter words
39 words- EARTH 8 pts
- ETHER 8 pts
- HALER 8 pts
- HATER 8 pts
- HEART 8 pts
- LATHE 8 pts
- LETHE 8 pts
- NEATH 8 pts
- RATHE 8 pts
- THANE 8 pts
- THERE 8 pts
- THREE 8 pts
- ALERT 5 pts
- ALTER 5 pts
- ANELE 5 pts
- ANTRE 5 pts
- ARENE 5 pts
- ARETE 5 pts
- ARTEL 5 pts
- EATEN 5 pts
- EATER 5 pts
- ELATE 5 pts
- ENATE 5 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
- LAREE 5 pts
- LARNT 5 pts
- LATEN 5 pts
- LATER 5 pts
- LEANT 5 pts
- LEARN 5 pts
- RANEE 5 pts
- RATEL 5 pts
- RELET 5 pts
- RENAL 5 pts
- RENTE 5 pts
- TALER 5 pts
- TELAE 5 pts
- TERNE 5 pts
- TREEN 5 pts
4-letter words
64 words- EATH 7 pts
- HAEN 7 pts
- HAET 7 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HALT 7 pts
- HANT 7 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HARL 7 pts
- HART 7 pts
- HATE 7 pts
- HEAL 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- HEAT 7 pts
- HEEL 7 pts
- HENT 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HERL 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- LATH 7 pts
- LEHR 7 pts
- RATH 7 pts
- RHEA 7 pts
- TAHR 7 pts
- THAE 7 pts
- THAN 7 pts
- THEE 7 pts
- THEN 7 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LARN 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- RANT 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TARN 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
44 words- ETH 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HAT 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- NTH 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- THE 6 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
2-letter words
19 wordsFind your best play with leathern
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