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wash-leather en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent. Usually made of sheepskin treated with oil, and used for dusting or as an absorbent lining in pockets, gloves, etc.
   • This combination shirt, of which the seat was made of wash-leather, protected the whole body down to the knees... 1887, H[enry] Rider Haggard, Allan Quatermain […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
   • One of his waistcoat pockets was lined with wash-leather for the reception of his gold watch. 1913, E.C. Bentley, Trent's Last Case:
2. (countable, uncountable) Buff leather for regimental belts.

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Synonyms

chamois leather

Translations (3)

da vaskeskind (leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent) · bg гюдерия (leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent) · nl zeemleer (leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent)