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   leather

   /ˈlɛðə/

   noun

   • 1. a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process: "a leather jacket"
   • ▪ leather clothes, especially those worn by a motorcyclist: "he was dressed head to toe in black leathers"
   • 2. a piece of leather as a polishing cloth.
   • 3. short for stirrup leather

   verb

   • 1. beat or thrash (someone): informal British "he caught me and leathered me black and blue"
   • ▪ strike or kick (a ball) very hard: informal British "Carlos took his customary 20-metre sprint up to the ball and leathered it"

   Word Origin Old Englishlether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr.

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