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Leather vs Horseskin - What's the difference?

leather | horseskin |

As nouns the difference between leather and horseskin

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

As an adjective leather

is made of leather.

As a verb leather

is to cover with 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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    horseskin

    English

    Noun

  • The skin of a horse, or leather made therefrom.
  • * 1930 , John Merrill, Martha Fleming, Play-making and plays: the dramatic impulse and its educative use in the elementary and secondary school , MacMillan, page 98:
    • The dried horseskin was made of brown Canton flannel and was held in place by being thrown over a horizontal stick.
  • * 1945 , Petr K. Ignatov, Partisans of the Kuban , Hutchinson & Co., page 148:
    • But we cannot wear these horseskin boots in the rain and snow. We need regular leather top-boots. Moreover, our clothing is very much the worse for wear. We must provide ourselves with new outfits.
  • * 2000 , Allison Lassieur, The Nez Perce Tribe , page 13:
    • They made these fancy coverings from buckskins, horseskins , and cornhusks.