wash-leather

American  

[wosh-leth-er, wawsh-] / ˈwɒʃˌlɛð ər, ˈwɔʃ- /

Or washleather

noun

1. a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.

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Etymology

Origin of wash-leather

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

The gloves hung loose in his grip, yellow wash-leather gloves with buckles.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

They were all of conical shape; a circle of poles converging at their tops, and covered with skins of the buffalo, grained and bleached to the whiteness of wash-leather.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

Glaziers’ materials are glass, putty, priming or paint, springs, wash-leather or india-rubber for door panels, size, black.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

In the case of glass in door panels where there is much vibration and slamming, the glass is bedded in wash-leather or india-rubber and secured with beads as before mentioned.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

W. B. The mercury does not lose its power by use, but should when it becomes oxydized, be strained by squeezing it through wash-leather.

From Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George