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