Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A soft leather used for gloves and shoes and made from the skin of sheep having coarse hairlike wool.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish and Portuguese cabra, she-goat (both from Latin capra, feminine of caper, goat) + Italian -etta, diminutive suff.]

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Examples

  • To accommodate them, I spread the flaps of my cabretta leather jacket outward and upward.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

  • To accommodate them, I spread the flaps of my cabretta leather jacket outward and upward.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

  • To accommodate them, I spread the flaps of my cabretta leather jacket outward and upward.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

  • The SensoGlove is made of high quality cabretta leather with four tiny sensors sewn into it.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2010

  • The SensoGlove is made of high quality cabretta leather with four tiny sensors sewn into it.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2010

  • Made from the finest cabretta leathers, these gloves feature Tack Tech,

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • Made from the finest cabretta leathers, these gloves feature Tack Tech,

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • Premium Stay Soft cabretta construction for palm and advanced microfiber synthetic construction for back.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • Premium Stay Soft cabretta construction for palm and advanced microfiber synthetic construction for back.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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