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box calf

box calf noun: a type of chromium-tanned calfskin leather with a regular grain of rectangular lines.

Noun

box calf (uncountable)

  1. A type of chromium-tanned calfskin leather with a regular grain of rectangular lines.

Origin of box calf

Named by White Bros. & Co. after Joseph Box, a London bootmaker.

Questions about box calf

What does box calf mean?
Box calf means a type of chromium-tanned calfskin leather with a regular grain of rectangular lines.
What part of speech is box calf?
Box calf is a noun.

Words near box calf in the dictionary

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  2. box breathed
  3. box breathes
  4. box breathing
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  6. box calf
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  8. box cameras
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  10. box canyons
  11. box car

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