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Definition of Leathern
1. a. Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.
Definition of Leathern
1. Adjective. (dated) made of leather ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leathern
1. made of leather [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leathern
Literary usage of Leathern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England: Taken Down by James Henry Dixon (1857)
"[for me.' THE leathern BOTTEL. SOMERSETSHIRE VERSION. [IN Chappell's Popular
Music is a much longer version of The leathern ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"It would be more suitable for that purpose, owing to its greater pliability, than
a complete piece of hide. The other leathern ..."
3. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis: With Notes Adapted to the by Xenophon, Morris Hicky Morgan (1896)
"A bar ran across the centre, under which the left arm was slipped, the hand
grasping any one of a succession of leathern loops that ran about the outer ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Originally a leathern waistcoat; afterwards, one of the colour thence called
buff; a dress worn by ... Upon his loyns a leathern zone Above his coat was ..."
5. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Pierre Desrey (1867)
"... and sent the sealed instructions, with the other articles, in a leathern bag,
well secured. The king assembled a great council at his palace of St. Pol, ..."
6. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"George Fox was known by the name of the Man with the leathern Breeches; which he
tells full oft in his Journal. And his first followers had, few of them, ..."
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