sole-leather
Also 5 sole-, soollether, 7 soule-, 8 soal-, 9 sole leather.
[f. sole n.1 2 + leather n. Cf. Fris. soallear, Du. zoolleder, LG. sol-, sâlledder, G. sohlleder.]
1. Leather of a thick or strong kind used or suitable for the soles of boots, shoes, etc.
| 1408 Litt. Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 103 De faulx quyrs disloialment tannez ou correyez appelles Solelether et ouer⁓lether. 1408 Nottingham Rec. II. 54, iij. pecias de soollether. 1647 N. Ward Simp. Cobler 32, I would..set on the best peece of Soule-leather I have. 1709 Phil. Trans. XXVII. 76 Of Substance not unlike to English Bend or Sole-Leather. 1777 Ibid. LXVIII. 117 The tanners of this country cannot make soal-leather in less time. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 39/2 The preparation of the thick hides used for sole⁓leather. 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 278/1 Sole-leather needs a heavier tannage than upper-leather. |
b. attrib., as sole-leather brake, sole-leather case, sole-leather roller, etc.
| 1884 Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 831 Sole Leather Roller, Stripper. 1892 Greener Breech-Loader 181 Sole-leather cases—that is to say, cases in which best leather is sewn to pine frames,..do well to carry guns in. 1897 Outing XXX. 264/2, I pressed down hard on the sole-leather brake, stopping the reel entirely. |
2. Bot. (See quot.) Also attrib.
| 1866 Treas. Bot. 1071/2 Sole-leather, or Sole-leather Kelp, a name given to the thicker Laminariæ, as L. digitata, bulbosa, &c., without particular reference to any individual species. |