leather

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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. (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
4. clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
5. A good defensive play
6. A punch.
7. The skin.
8. Clipping of fruit leather.

Adj

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.
3. Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance.

Verb

1. To cover with leather.
2. To form a leathery surface (on).
3. To strike forcefully.
4. To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.

Concepten

leer

leder

leren

leerachtig

taai

lederen

zeemlap

leer-

zeemleer

leder-

huid

Synoniemen

skin

hide

pelt

fur

animal skin

bark

leathern

shell

🐚

crust

tanned animal hide

integument

peel

exuviae

flesh

🥩

force

husk

needle

parchment

rawhide

rind

sheepskin

strap

tanning

target

tegument

thrash

vellum

leather-dressing

strip of leather

such as milk

leather-

awl

beat

belt

boots

buckskin

cover

cowhide

cutis

deerskin

derma

dermis

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈlɛðə/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), borrowing from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-.
Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).