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Leather vs Daubing - What's the difference?

leather | daubing |

As nouns the difference between leather and daubing

is that leather is a tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used eg for clothing while daubing is something daubed, such as graffiti.

As verbs the difference between leather and daubing

is that leather is to cover with leather while daubing is .

As an adjective leather

is made of leather.

leather

English

(wikipedia 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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    daubing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something daubed, such as graffiti.
  • A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; roughcast.
  • In currying horses, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; dubbing.
    • (Knight)