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overleather

overleather noun: upper leather.

Noun

overleather (uncountable)

  1. upper leather
    • such shooes as my toes looke through the ouer-leather.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Origin of overleather

From over- + leather.

Questions about overleather

What does overleather mean?
Overleather means upper leather.
What part of speech is overleather?
Overleather is a noun.

Words near overleather in the dictionary

  1. overlearnedly
  2. overlearnedness
  3. overlearning
  4. overlearns
  5. overlearnt
  6. overleather
  7. overleave
  8. overleaven
  9. overleavened
  10. overleavening
  11. overleavens

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