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leath·er  audio  (lr) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. The dressed or tanned hide of an animal, usually with the hair removed.
  2. Any of various articles or parts made of dressed or tanned hide, such as a boot or strap.
  3. The flap of a dog's ear.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
leath·ered, leath·er·ing, leath·ers
  1. To cover wholly or in part with the dressed or tanned hide of an animal.
  2. Informal To beat with a strap made of hide.
ADJECTIVE:
  1. Made of, relating to, or resembling dressed or tanned animal hide.
  2. Slang Of, relating to, or patronized by people who dress in leather clothing primarily to indicate a preference for sadomasochistic sex: leather types; a leather bar.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English lether, from Old English lether- (as in letherhose, leather pants)


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