leather

Universal Words noun 1 [U,C] material made by removing the hair or fur from animal skins and preserving the skins using special processes: a leather jacket / briefcase * The soles are made of leather. * a leather-bound book 2 (leathers) [pl.] clothes made from leather, especially those worn by people riding motorcycles seealsoCHAMOISLEATHER, PATENTLEATHER IDIOMS see HELL