Definition of Leathery

1. Adjective. Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.

Exact synonyms: Coriaceous, Leathered, Leatherlike
Similar to: Tough
Derivative terms: Leather

Definition of Leathery

1. a. Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.

Definition of Leathery

1. Adjective. Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leathery

1. resembling leather [adj]

Medical Definition of Leathery

1. Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "A leathery skin." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leathery

leathernecks
leathers
leatherware
leatherwares
leatherwear
leatherwomen
leatherwood
leatherwoods
leatherwork
leatherworker
leatherworkers
leatherworking
leatherworks
leathery (current term)
leathery grape fern
leathery jacket
leathery jackets
leathery polypody
leathery turtle
leats
leatwright
leatwrights
leaue
leavable
leave
leave-taking
leave alone
leave behind

Literary usage of Leathery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1844)
"Nay, has not our own LONGFELLOW made the very expression ' leathery' a permanent ... Do you not remember that famous ' leathery' song of his in ' Hyperion, ..."

2. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"Lacking the hard shields of other turtles, the carapace and the plastron are soft and leathery: the former bends freely at the edges, and droops, ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The segments of the body are distinctly marked, somewhat flattened, the first segment reddish and leathery above, the last with a broad yellowish patch. ..."

4. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"L. The road-ornamenting Clematis, or leathery-flowered Virgin's Sower. ... leathery-flow. Traveller's Joy; the Virginian Climber; the purple Climber; ..."

5. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"In this tribe the upper part of the wing-sheaths is of a rough or leathery texture; the lower part is membranaceous. Sometimes almost the whole wing-cover ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... erect^spreading, leathery, strict, greenish, often somewhat glaucous at the base, rather flat margin covered with small red, 2745. Pandanus utilis. ..."

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