chrome leather

noun

1. leather tanned with chrome.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chrome leather¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

There’s a nod here to Hollywood Regency, courtesy of the sleek bar cart and the abundance of glass and chrome, leather and faux fur, geometric shapes and shiny, reflective surfaces.

From Seattle Times

Red, golds and browns accent the chrome, leather, glass and faux alligator skin on the columns.

From New York Times

But with a difference: the youthful-looking information systems manager views the program on a convenient monitor while he pounds out the miles on a motorized treadmill at the Xerox Corporate Fitness Center in Stamford, Conn. On his daily jog, White is surrounded by a $61,000 mechanical sculpture garden of chrome, leather and cable: stationary bicycles, cross-country skiing simulators, rowing machines, Nautilus weight stations and racks of dumbbells positioned around the spacious, brown-carpeted gym.

From Time Magazine Archive

An equipment made out of green chrome leather with as few straps as possible, or out of good stout drab canvas made in Canada and treated with a solution of soap and alum, so as to make it waterproof, would do just as well as the Webb.

From Project Gutenberg

Chrome leather is difficult to pare, and to work, as it does not become soft when wet, like vegetable-tanned leather.

From Project Gutenberg