leathering

Verb

leather (third-person singular simple present leathers, present participle leathering, simple past and past participle leathered)

1. (transitive) To cover with leather.
   • He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.2015, Rain Trueax, Lands of Fire
2. (ambitransitive) To form a leathery surface (on).
   • By the appearance of his deep suntan, which had leathered his skin, and the calluses that covered his hands, Sheriff Anderson figured the man to be one of the area ranchers.2003, Bonita Wagner, Satan's Choice, page 66
3. (transitive) To strike forcefully.
   • He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
4. (transitive) To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.
   • My father was very angry with me— -he took and leathered ( beat) me, because I ran away from my school ; for I did run away from my school ; he took and tied me up on a Sunday morning, leathered me a Friday night, and Saturday night : I was stripped naked when he leathered me on Friday night, and...1806, Andrew Kippis, The New Annual Register

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