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washleather

washleather is the alternative form of wash-leather.

Meaning of wash-leather

Noun

wash-leather (countable and uncountable, plural wash-leathers)

  1. Leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent. Usually made of sheepskin treated with oil, and used for dusting or as an absorbent lining in pockets, gloves, etc.
    • This combination shirt, of which the seat was made of wash-leather, protected the whole body down to the knees...1887, H[enry] Rider Haggard, Allan Quatermain […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC
  2. Buff leather for regimental belts.

Forms of washleather

pluralwashleathers

Questions about washleather

What is washleather the alternative form of?
Washleather is the alternative form of wash-leather.

Words near washleather in the dictionary

  1. washkits
  2. Washko
  3. Washkos
  4. washland
  5. washlands
  6. washleather
  7. washleathers
  8. washless
  9. washlet
  10. washlets
  11. washline

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