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Leather vs Cordwainer - What's the difference?

leather | cordwainer |

As nouns the difference between leather and cordwainer

is that leather is a tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used eg for clothing while cordwainer is a shoemaker.

As a adjective leather

is made of leather.

As a verb leather

is to cover with leather.

leather

Noun

  • A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
  • A piece of the above used for polishing.
  • (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
  • (plural : leathers ) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
  • (baseball) A good defensive play
  • Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
  • (dated, humorous) The skin.
  • Hyponyms

    (types of leather) chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskin

    Derived terms

    *stirrup leather : the strap which hangs the stirrup from the saddle.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of leather.
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  • Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with leather.
  • To strike forcefully.
  • He leathered the ball all the way down the street.

    Derived terms

    * hell-for-leather * leatherback * leatherette * leatherhead * leatherjacket * leather jacket * leather-lunged * leathern * leathery * wash-leather

    Anagrams

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    cordwainer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a shoemaker
  • a worker in cordwain, a leather from .
  • a member of the Cordwainers livery company
  • * (English Citations of "cordwainer")

    Synonyms

    * shoemaker