Leathername

• 1

  A surname.

leathernoun/ˈlɛðə/

• 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

  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.
• 4

  clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.

• 5

  ball-gamesbaseballgamesA good defensive play

  • Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
• 6

  boxinggovernmenthobbiesA punch.

• 7

  datedThe skin.

leatheradj/ˈlɛðə/

• 1

  Made of leather.

  • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
• 2

  Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.

• 3

  Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance.

  • Some research has documented the phenomenon of leather families as a form of intentional, chosen families created by members of sexual and gender minority groups, often in the face of biological family rejection and marginalization in society (Bauer, 2010; Hammack et al., 2019; Murphy & Bjorngaard, 2019; Pitagora, 2016). Leather families are a network of people that acknowledge and practice ongoing supportive relationships “while sharing the commonalities of the leather and kink scene” (Bannon, 2016). […] Very few studies have examined how many people are members of leather or other “chosen” families.

leatherverb/ˈlɛðə/

• 1

  To cover with leather.

  • He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.
• 2

  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.
  • Some leather and droop like bat wings, others, as the poet Brenda Hillman writes, are 'hung in hashtags'.
• 3

  To strike forcefully.

  • He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
• 4

  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 Saturday; my father told me to strip myself, and he leathered me, it was with a whip; but I do not know where he got the whip; he tied me with my arms extended so -- (spreading out her arms to their extremity, as if they were to be nailed upon a cross) -- My legs were tied too -- I was at the bottom of the dresser.
  • My father was furious with me and reached for the strap. He brutally leathered me with it before sending me to bed for the night.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• fruit leather