Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Calfskin treated with chromium salts and having square markings on the grain.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Joseph Box, a 19th-century London bootmaker.]
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