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Definition of Patent leather
1. Noun. Leather with a hard glossy surface.
Definition of Patent leather
1. Noun. Leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patent Leather
Literary usage of Patent leather
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"In 1896 he became interested in the manufacture of patent leather. Until this
time the best patent leather used in this country was imported from Germany ..."
2. The Mechanics' Magazine (1853)
"... patent leather. IN No. 1548 we gave a detailed account of a patented process
for the conversion of the hides and »kins of animals into leather, ..."
3. United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the by United States Supreme Court, William T. Otto (1878)
"Upper leather 25 „ „ „ Calf-skins 30 „ „ „ patent leather 35 „ „ „ The act of
1872 under consideration. As construed by the col lector and by the court ..."
4. Chemistry of Familiar Things by Samuel Schmucker Sadtler (1915)
"patent leather is made by putting a varnish surface on the rough or flesh side
of leather. The varnish is made of linseed oil that has been thickened with ..."
5. Chemistry of Familiar Things by Samuel Schmucker Sadtler (1920)
"patent leather is made by putting a varnish surface on the rough or flesh side
of leather. The varnish is made of linseed oil that has been thickened with ..."
6. Missionary Review of the World by James Lutzweiler (1901)
"The dark flat-topped caps of the men have a red piping around the crown and
patent-leather peaks. Shining white, full- sleeved shirts bag into loose folds ..."
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