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Word entry · 7 letters

leather

Best crossword clue

"Tanned animal hide"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛðə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeehlrtStarts with LEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. whip with a leather strap

Word origin

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-.

Used in a sentence

  • The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.
  • Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
  • He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.

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