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Definition of Russia leather
1. Noun. A smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Russia Leather
Literary usage of Russia leather
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"... together with sundry Russia-leather bags. A strange place for such folk!
No carriage was waiting. The party moved off as if they had not expected any, ..."
2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"We put ashore a well-dressed lady and gentleman, and two well-dressed, lady-like
young girls, together with sundry Russia-leather bags. ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"We put ashore a well-dressed lady and gentleman, and two well-dressed lady-like
young girls, together with sundry Russia leather bags. ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Russia leather was originally a speciality of Russia, where it was made from the
hides of young cattle, and dressed either a brownish red or black colour ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Russia leather was originally, as the name implies, a speciality of Russia, where
it was made from the hides of young cattle, and dressed either a ..."
6. A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and by John Ramsey McCulloch (1852)
"Russia leather is suft, has a strongly prominent grain, a great deal of lustre,
... One of the best teste of genuine Russia leather is it« throwing out a ..."
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