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hemlock leather

hemlock leather noun: leather that has been tanned with hemlock.

Noun

hemlock leather (countable and uncountable, plural hemlock leathers)

  1. Leather that has been tanned with hemlock.
    • The color of slaughter hemlock-leather is better than that from dry hides and it is more pliable than that made from dry or salted hides.1877, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 256

Forms of hemlock leather

pluralhemlock leathers

Questions about hemlock leather

What does hemlock leather mean?
Hemlock leather means leather that has been tanned with hemlock.
What part of speech is hemlock leather?
Hemlock leather is a noun.
What is the plural of hemlock leather?
The plural of hemlock leather is hemlock leathers.

Words near hemlock leather in the dictionary

  1. hemline theory
  2. hemlined
  3. hemlines
  4. Hemlington
  5. hemlock
  6. hemlock leather
  7. hemlock leathers
  8. hemlock parsley
  9. hemlock woolly adelgid
  10. hemlock woolly adelgids
  11. hemlocks

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