Leather vs Strapwork - What's the difference?
leather | strapwork |
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
(dated, humorous) The skin.
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.
To cover with leather.
To strike forcefully.
(arts, historical) A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.
As nouns the difference between leather and strapwork
is that leather is a tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used eg for clothing while strapwork is (arts|historical) a stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.As an adjective leather
is made of leather.As a verb leather
is to cover with leather.leather
English
(wikipedia leather)Noun
- Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
Hyponyms
(types of leather) chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskinDerived terms
*stirrup leather : the strap which hangs the stirrup from the saddle.Adjective
(-)Verb
(en verb)- He leathered the ball all the way down the street.