Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Having the texture or appearance of leather: a leathery face.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Resembling leather in appearance or consistency; tough.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Resembling leather; tough and flexible like leather; specifically, in botany, coriaceous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think they actually use the word leathery in the description for one of the wines.
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As you can plainly see, even the lovely Katrina Kaif looks a tad -- let's just say 'leathery' -- in dominatrix-style thigh-highs.
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He has a tail, too, long and leathery, which is always curling about to get hold of something.
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Her skin really does look leathery, which is such a shame at her young age.
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I stopped reading them when I saw the word "leathery" describe the women's skin.
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So, they're kind of leathery, cardboardy kind of consistency.
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The marzipan layer also provided just the right sweetness and texture without any kind of leathery discomfort found in other marzipan layers.
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We told Todd to close his eyes and touch them and describe their texture - "kind of leathery-kind of dry-kind of ... chewy-kind of like ..." (opens his eyes).
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He almost thought he heard it through the cloudbank, a kind of leathery swishing in the air Then a minor kind of hell broke loose.
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The colour of the big toad was a brownish-olive and white below; but the head was most extraordinary, as it had a snout almost pointed, the nostrils forming a kind of leathery tube.
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