Definition of "leather" []

• The dressed or tanned hide of an animal, usually with the hair removed. (noun)
• Any of various articles or parts made of dressed or tanned hide, such as a boot or strap. (noun)
• The flap of a dog's ear. (noun)
• To cover wholly or in part with the dressed or tanned hide of an animal. (verb-transitive)
• Informal To beat with a strap made of hide. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But there's a much better sort of leather than that for Bible binding; I mean _shoe leather_."
• "I hoof it over to the platform as the second contestant, a black Elvis dressed all in leather, is singing “All Shook Up”."
• "Blue with blue, and brown with brown, but the leather is all brown – no blue leather here."