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lether

lether is the obsolete spelling of leather.

Meaning of leather

Noun

leather (countable and uncountable, plural leathers)

  1. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
  2. A piece of the above used for polishing.
  3. (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
    • The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.1918, M. M. Guy, Joe Doughty, page 157
  4. (plural) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
  5. A good defensive play
    • Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
  6. A punch.

See all 15 meanings of leather

Forms of lether

plurallethers

Questions about lether

What is lether the obsolete spelling of?
Lether is the obsolete spelling of leather.

Words near lether in the dictionary

  1. Lethenty
  2. letheon
  3. letheonize
  4. letheonized
  5. letheonizing
  6. lether
  7. lethera
  8. Letherby
  9. lethes
  10. lethetic
  11. lethiferous

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