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Noun: leather  le-dhu(r)
  1. An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
    "He polished his leather shoes until they shone"
Verb: leather  le-dhu(r)
  1. Whip with a leather strap
    "In the past, some schools would leather students as punishment"

Derived forms: leathered, leathers, leathering

Type of: animal skin, flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whale [N. Amer, informal], whip

Encyclopedia: Leather, Stephen